Hiroshima
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Hiroshima 広島市 |
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| Hiroshima City | ||
From top left: Hiroshima Castle, Baseball game of Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium, Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome), Night view of Ebisu-cho, Shukkei-en (Asano Park)
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 Location of Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture |
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 Hiroshima
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| Coordinates: 34°23′7″N 132°27′19″E / 34.38528°N 132.45528°ECoordinates: 34°23′7″N 132°27′19″E / 34.38528°N 132.45528°E | ||
| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Chūgoku (San'yō) | |
| Prefecture | Hiroshima Prefecture | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Kazumi Matsui | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 906.53 km2 (350.01 sq mi) | |
| Population (August 1, 2016) | ||
| • Total | 1,196,274 | |
| • Density | 1,319.6/km2 (3,418/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| - Tree | Camphor Laurel | |
| - Flower | Oleander | |
| Phone number | 082-245-2111 | |
| Address | 1-6-34 Kokutaiji, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi 730-8586 |
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| Website | Hiroshima City | |
Hiroshima (広島市 Hiroshima-shi?, Japanese: [hìróshímá]) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan. The city's name, 広島, means "Broad Island" in Japanese. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. As of August 2016[update], the city had an estimated population of 1,196,274. The GDP in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Metropolitan Employment Area, is US$61.3 billion as of 2010.Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011.
Hiroshima is perhaps best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on the city (and later on Nagasaki) at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II.
Hiroshima was established on the river delta coastline of the Seto Inland Sea in 1589 by powerful warlord Mōri Terumoto, who made it his capital after leaving Kōriyama Castle in Aki Province.Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and in 1593 Terumoto moved in. Terumoto was on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara. The winner of the battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu, deprived Mōri Terumoto of most of his fiefs, including Hiroshima and gave Aki Province to Masanori Fukushima, a daimyō who had supported Tokugawa.
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