Hiji

Hiji is a town located in , , Japan. As of 30 November 2023, the town had an estimated population of 28,025 in 12811 households, and a population density of 380 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 73.32 km2.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 28,100 residents
  • Description: town in Hayami district, Ōita prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Higi”, “Hinode”, and “Hizi”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yōkoku Station and Hiji Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hiji, , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Castle
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, also known as Yōkoku Castle, Aoyagi Castle, and Ukitsu Castle, was a castle located in Hiji, , . The construction of the castle began in 1601, under Kinoshita Nobutoshi's orders, when he was transferred to Hiji from .

Railway station
Photo: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0.
Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of , , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Hiji

Latitude
33.36901° or 33° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
131.53226° or 131° 31′ 56″ east
Population
28,100
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Inception
March 31st, 1954
United Nations Location Code
JP HJI
Open location code
8Q5H9G9J+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3052984550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1862689
Wiki­data ID
Q1184795
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hiji” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيجي”
  • Asturian: “Hiji”
  • Burmese: “ဟိဂျိမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Hiji”
  • Cebuano: “Hiji Machi”
  • Cebuano: “Hiji”
  • Chinese: “日出町”
  • Czech: “Hidži”
  • Danish: “Hiji”
  • Dutch: “Hiji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيجى”
  • French: “Hiji-machi”
  • French: “Hiji”
  • German: “Hiji”
  • Hungarian: “Hidzsi”
  • Irish: “Hiji”
  • Italian: “Hiji”
  • Japanese: “Hiji-machi”
  • Japanese: “ひじまち”
  • Japanese: “大分県速見郡日出町”
  • Japanese: “日出”
  • Japanese: “日出町”
  • Japanese: “速見郡日出町”
  • Korean: “히지마치”
  • Korean: “히지정”
  • Malagasy: “Hiji”
  • Malay: “Hiji, Ōita”
  • Malay: “Hiji”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hiji”
  • Persian: “هیجی، اویتا”
  • Persian: “هیجی”
  • Polish: “Hiji”
  • Portuguese: “Hiji”
  • Romanian: “Hiji”
  • Russian: “Хидзи”
  • Spanish: “Hiji”
  • Swedish: “Hiji, Ōita”
  • Swedish: “Hiji”
  • Tagalog: “Hiji, Ōita”
  • Tagalog: “Hiji”
  • Thai: “ฮิจิ”
  • Turkish: “Hiji”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіджі”
  • Ukrainian: “Хідзі”
  • Urdu: “ہیجی”

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