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Aki district

Fuchū

Fuchū is a town located in , , . As of 1 February 2024, the town had an estimated population of 52,597 in 23930 households and a population density of 5,100 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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  • Type: Town with 51,100 residents
  • Description: town in Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Fuchu”, “Fuchu Town”, “Fuchu-cho”, “Fuchū-chō”, and “Fuchū, Hiroshima”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hiroshima and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

Railway station
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Station is a major railway station in , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Museum
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The is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in , . The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the town of Fuchū, , , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hiroshima and Minami-ku.

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is an industrial city of wide boulevards and criss-crossing rivers along the coast of the . Although many only know it for the horrific split-second on August 6, 1945 when it became the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack, it is now a modern cosmopolitan city with excellent cuisine and a bustling nightlife.

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards of the city of , . As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2. is situated 3½ km southwest of Fuchū.

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards located in , Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the . Within is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.

Fuchū

Latitude
34.3926° or 34° 23′ 33″ north
Longitude
132.5045° or 132° 30′ 16″ east
Population
51,100
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9GV3+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 314132848
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1864152
Wiki­data ID
Q1204737
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fuchū” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوتشو”
  • Asturian: “Fuchū”
  • Cebuano: “Fuchū-chō (subdistrito sa Hapon)”
  • Cebuano: “Fuchū-chō”
  • Chinese: “府中町”
  • Czech: “Fučú”
  • Dutch: “Fuchū”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فوتشو, هيروشيما”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فوتشو”
  • French: “Fuchū”
  • German: “Fuchu”
  • German: “Fuchū”
  • Hungarian: “Fucsú”
  • Irish: “Fuchū”
  • Italian: “Fuchū”
  • Japanese: “Fuchū-chō”
  • Japanese: “ふちゅうちょう”
  • Japanese: “府中村”
  • Japanese: “府中町”
  • Korean: “후추정”
  • Korean: “후추초”
  • Malay: “Fuchū, Hiroshima”
  • Malay: “Fuchū”
  • Persian: “فوچو، هیروشیما”
  • Persian: “فوچو”
  • Polish: “Fuchū”
  • Portuguese: “Fuchu”
  • Russian: “Футю”
  • Scots: “Fuchū, Hiroshima (toun)”
  • Scots: “Fuchū”
  • Serbian: “Фучу, Хирошима (град)”
  • Serbian: “Фучу, Хирошима”
  • Spanish: “Fuchū”
  • Swedish: “Fuchū-chō, Hiroshima”
  • Swedish: “Fuchū”
  • Tagalog: “Fuchū, Hiroshima”
  • Tagalog: “Fuchū”
  • Thai: “ฟูจู”
  • Turkish: “Fuchū, Hiroşima”
  • Turkish: “Fuchu”
  • Turkish: “Fuchū”
  • Ukrainian: “Футю”
  • Ukrainian: “Фучю, Хірошіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Фучю”
  • “Fuchū-chō”
  • “ふちゅうちょう”
  • “府中町”

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