Shinagawa
special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
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Summary
Shinagawa is a special ward of Japan[1]. Shinagawa draws 2,986 Wikipedia views per month (special ward of japan category, ranking #6 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tokyo[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tokyo Bay[5]
- Head of government: Takeshi Hamano[6]
- Shares border with: Minato[7], Kōtō[8], Ota[9], Meguro[10], Shibuya[11]
- Named after: Shinagawa[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ebara[13], Ōi[14], Ōsaki[15], Katsushima[16], Kamiōsaki[17], Kita-Shinagawa[18], Koyama[19], Koyamadai[20], Togoshi[21], Nakanobu[22], Nishiōi[23], Nishi-Gotanda[24], Nishi-Shinagawa[25], Nishi-Nakanobu[26]
- Headquarters location: 品川区役所[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Auckland[28], Auckland City[29]
- Legislative body: 品川区議会[30]
- Part of: ward area of Tokyo[31], Tokyo[32]
- Commons category: Shinagawa[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[34]
- Inception: July 1, 1943[35], March 15, 1947[36]
- Official website: https://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shinagawa[38]
- Population: 415,729[39], 386,855[40], 365,302[41]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Shinagawa[42]
- Replaces: Tokyo City[43], Ebara-ku[44]
- Legal form: special local public entity of Japan[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Shinagawa, Tokyo[46]
- Native label: 品川区[47]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Shinagawa[48]
- Name in kana: しながわく[49]
Why It Matters
Shinagawa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Shinagawa is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]