Shōbara

Shōbara is a city in , . As of 31 March 2023, the city had an estimated population of 32,343 in 14984 households and a population density of 26 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 1,246.49 square kilometres.
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  • Type: City with 33,600 residents
  • Description: city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Shobara”, “Shobara City”, “Shobara-shi”, and “Shōbara-shi
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shobara Post Office and Bingo-Shōbara Station.

Post office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Railway station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shōbara, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The station was a stop for the former Chidori and Taishaku express trains from .

Shōbara

Latitude
34.85784° or 34° 51′ 28″ north
Longitude
133.01667° or 133° 1′ east
Population
33,600
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Open location code
8Q6MV258+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 309031668
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1851713
Wiki­data ID
Q857234
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shōbara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شوبارا، هیروشیما
  • Arabic: شوبارا
  • Asturian: Shōbara
  • Bengali: শিবারা
  • Catalan: Shōbara
  • Cebuano: Shōbara
  • Chechen: Сёбара
  • Chinese: Syôbara-chhī
  • Chinese: 庄原
  • Chinese: 庄原市
  • Chinese: 莊原市
  • Czech: Šóbara
  • Danish: Shobara
  • Dutch: Shobara
  • Dutch: Shōbara
  • Finnish: Shōbara
  • French: Shōbara
  • Galician: Shōbara
  • German: Shobara
  • German: Shōbara
  • Greek: Σόμπαρα
  • Gujarati: શોબારા
  • Hebrew: שוברה
  • Hindi: शोबरा
  • Hungarian: Sóbara
  • Indonesian: Shobara, Hiroshima
  • Indonesian: Shobara
  • Indonesian: Shōbara
  • Irish: Shōbara
  • Italian: Shobara
  • Italian: Shōbara
  • Japanese: Shobara-shi
  • Japanese: しょうばらし
  • Japanese: 庄原
  • Japanese: 庄原市
  • Kannada: ಶೋಬರಾ
  • Korean: 쇼바라 시
  • Korean: 쇼바라시
  • Latvian: Šobara
  • Literary Chinese: 庄原市
  • Lithuanian: Šobara
  • Malagasy: Shōbara
  • Malay: Shobara
  • Marathi: शोबारा
  • Mazanderani: شوبارا، هیروشیما
  • Mazanderani: شوبارا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Syôbara-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shobara
  • Persian: شوبارا، هیروشیما
  • Persian: شوبارا
  • Polish: Shōbara
  • Portuguese: Shobara
  • Romanian: Shobara
  • Romanian: Shōbara
  • Russian: Сёбара
  • Sinhala: ශෝබරා
  • South Azerbaijani: شوبارا، هیروشیما
  • South Azerbaijani: شوبارا
  • Spanish: Shōbara
  • Swedish: Shōbara
  • Tagalog: Shōbara, Hiroshima
  • Tagalog: Shōbara
  • Tagalog: Syobara
  • Tajik: Şobara
  • Tajik: Шобара
  • Tamil: ஷோபாரா
  • Tatar: Сёбара
  • Telugu: షొబర
  • Thai: โชบาระ
  • Tumbuka: Shōbara
  • Turkish: Shōbara
  • Ukrainian: Сьобара
  • Ukrainian: Шьобара
  • Urdu: شوبارا
  • Uzbek: Shōbara
  • Vietnamese: Shōbara, Hiroshima
  • Vietnamese: Shōbara
  • Waray (Philippines): Shōbara, Hiroshima
  • Waray (Philippines): Shōbara
  • Yue Chinese: 庄原
  • Shōbara
  • Shōbara-shi
  • しょうばらし
  • 庄原市

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