Kyushu
Fukuoka
Yame

Hirokawa

Hirokawa is a town located in Yame District, , . As of 1 January 2024, the town had an estimated population of 19,215 in 8186 households, and a population density of 510 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 37.94 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 20,200 residents
  • Description: town in Yame district, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hirokawa Machi” and “Hirokawa, Fukuoka”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iwatoyama Kofun and Iwatoyama History Museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
is an archaeological site.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Museum
Photo: Takashi.koike, CC BY 4.0.

Hirokawa

Latitude
33.2414° or 33° 14′ 29″ north
Longitude
130.5516° or 130° 33′ 6″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
8Q5G6HR2+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3056745149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7407437
Wiki­data ID
Q1206740
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Satellite Map

Discover Hirokawa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Hirokawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيروكاوا”
  • Asturian: “Hirokawa”
  • Burmese: “ဟိရိုခါဝါမြို့၊ ဖုခုအိုခ”
  • Burmese: “ဟိရိုခါဝါမြို့၊ ဖူကူအိုကာ”
  • Chinese: “广川町”
  • Chinese: “廣川町”
  • Czech: “Hirokawa”
  • Dutch: “Hirokawa”
  • French: “Hirokawa”
  • German: “Hirokawa”
  • Hungarian: “Hirokava”
  • Indonesian: “Hirokawa, Fukuoka”
  • Irish: “Hirokawa”
  • Italian: “Hirokawa”
  • Japanese: “Hirokawa-machi”
  • Japanese: “ひろかわまち”
  • Japanese: “ヒロカワマチ”
  • Japanese: “広川町”
  • Korean: “히로카와마치”
  • Korean: “히로카와정”
  • Malay: “Hirokawa, Fukuoka”
  • Persian: “هیروکاوا، فوکوئوکا”
  • Polish: “Hirokawa”
  • Portuguese: “Hirokawa”
  • Russian: “Хирокава”
  • Spanish: “Hirokawa”
  • Swedish: “Hirokawa”
  • Tagalog: “Hirokawa, Fukuoka”
  • Tagalog: “Hirokawa”
  • Thai: “ฮิโรกาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Hirokawa”

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