Miyajima
Miyajima was a town located on the island of Itsukushima in Saeki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2019, the town had an estimated population of 1,564 and a density of 51.46 persons per km2. The total area was 30.39 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter with 2,020 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Saeki district, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Miyajima, Hiroshima” and “Miyashima”
- Historically known as: “Itsukushima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Itsukushima Shrine and Miyajima Post Office.
Itsukushima Shrine
Protected area
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima, best known for its "floating" torii. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi, in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, accessible from the mainland by ferry at Miyajimaguchi Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saeki-ku.
Saeki-ku
Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saeki-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima Branch of the Japan Mint is located here. The ward added the former town of Yuki from Saeki District on April 25, 2005. Saeki-ku is situated 8 km northeast of Miyajima.
Miyajima
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan and locality
- Location: Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.2988° or 34° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
132.32123° or 132° 19′ 16″ eastPopulation
2,020Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)Inception
April 1st, 1889Named after
ItsukushimaUnited Nations Location Code
JP ITSOpen location code
8Q6J78XC+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2753481320OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Miyajima” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Itsukushima”
- Catalan: “Miyajima”
- Cebuano: “Miyajima”
- Chinese: “宮島町”
- Dutch: “Miyajima”
- Esperanto: “Miyajima”
- French: “Miyajima-chō”
- French: “Miyajima”
- Galician: “Miyajima”
- Irish: “Miyajima”
- Japanese: “Miyajima-chō”
- Japanese: “みやじまちょう”
- Japanese: “厳島町”
- Japanese: “宮島町”
- Korean: “미야지마정”
- Russian: “Миядзима”
- Slovenian: “Mijadžima”
- Spanish: “Miyajima Saeki Hiroshima”
- Spanish: “Miyajima Saeki”
- Spanish: “Miyajima, Saeki”
- Spanish: “Miyajima”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kinsuikan and TOTO MIYAJIMA OMOTENASHI TOILET.
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