Shimanto

Shimanto (四万十市, Shimanto-shi) is a city in Kōchi Prefecture, in the Shikoku region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 32,593 living in 16635 households as of 31 July 2022, a density of about 52 people per square kilometre. The municipality covers a total area of 632.29 square kilometres. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Kōchi Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.