Hiroshima, Japan
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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?) (
listen ) 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.
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