, located in the Kembata Tembaro Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region. This town has a latitude and longitude of 7°12′N 37°46′E with an elevation of 1875 meters above sea level.
Shinshicho was the beneficiary of a project funded by the NGO WaterAid
to improve its water supply. Budgeted at just under £85,000 and designed to benefit over 27,000 inhabitants, the project was completed in April 2000.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
in 2005, Shinshicho has an estimated total population of 12,626 of whom 6,163 were men and 6,463 were women.
[When the Allied forces fire on him] Why are you always messing with me. It's got to be a joke!
[Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?
[Letter to his wife] We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the hole that we will fight and die in. Am I digging my own grave?
[About Nishi's romancing skills] There are rumors about his womanizing...But there are no women left to woo.
[In response to a soldier saying death is honorable] Kashiwara died of honorable dysentery.
There is no use for a dead soldier.
Damn this island! The Americans can have it.
Do what is right because it is right.
If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea.
I'm tired of sharing this cave with all of you, I'm a one-man show from now on.