Shimao is a Neolithic archaeological site in Shaanxi, China.

Shimao may also refer to Shimao, Chipwi, a village in northern Burma Shimao Station, a railway station in the city of Himi in Toyama Prefecture, Japan Shimao Group, a property development company in Shanghai Shinzō Shimao (born 1948), Japanese photographer Toshio Shimao (1917–1986), Japanese novelist Zhu Shimao (born 1954), Chinese comedian, sketch actor, and actor