Azuchi
Azuchi was a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 12,217 and a density of 502.76 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: dissolved municipality in Gamō district, Shiga prefecture, Japan (1954-2010)
- Also known as: “Azuchi-cho”, “Azuchi-chō”, “Azuchi-mura”, and “Azuchi, Shiga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Azuchi Castle and Azuchi Hyotanyama Kofun tumulus.
Azuchi Castle
Castle
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Azuchi Castle was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture. The site of the castle was designated a National Historic Site in 1926, with the designation upgraded to that of a Special National Historic Site in 1952.
Azuchi Hyotanyama Kofun tumulus
Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Azuchi-Hyōtanyama Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Omihachiman.
Omihachiman
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōmihachiman is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2021, the city had an estimated population of 82,233 in 34747 households and a population density of 570 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 76.97 square kilometres.
Azuchi
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan and locality
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.1441° or 35° 8′ 39″ northLongitude
136.1319° or 136° 7′ 55″ eastElevation
89 metres (292 feet)Open location code
8Q7R44VJ+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3694478048OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Azuchi” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Azuchi”
- Chinese: “安土町”
- Czech: “Azuči”
- Dutch: “Azuchi”
- French: “Azuchi”
- German: “Azuchi”
- Hungarian: “Azucsi”
- Irish: “Azuchi”
- Italian: “Azuchi”
- Japanese: “安土町”
- Korean: “아즈치정”
- Persian: “آزوچی، شیگا”
- Polish: “Azuchi”
- Russian: “Адзути”
- Slovak: “Azuchi”
- Ukrainian: “Адзуті”
- Ukrainian: “Адзучі”
- Yue Chinese: “安土町”
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