Hikawa

Hikawa is a town located in , , Japan. As of 31 August 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,775 in 4567 households, and a population density of 320 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 33.36 km2.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 12,000 residents
  • Description: town in Yatsushiro district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hikawa Cho”, “Hikawa Chō”, and “Hikawa, Kumamoto”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Arisa Station and Ōno-no-Iwa Kofun.

Railway station
Photo: 藻南官舎前, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a passenger railway station located…

Archaeological site
Ōno-no-Iwaya Kofun is a Kofun period keyhole-shaped…

Shinto shrine
Photo: Siwamura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine.

Hikawa

Latitude
32.5824° or 32° 34′ 57″ north
Longitude
130.6737° or 130° 40′ 26″ east
Population
12,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GHMJF+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 739281359
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7413168
Wiki­data ID
Q1184800
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Hikawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيكاوا”
  • Asturian: “Hikawa”
  • Burmese: “ဟိခဝမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Hikawa”
  • Cebuano: “Hikawa-chō”
  • Chinese: “冰川町”
  • Czech: “Hikawa”
  • Dutch: “Hikawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيكاوا”
  • French: “Hikawa”
  • German: “Hikawa”
  • Hungarian: “Hikava”
  • Irish: “Hikawa”
  • Italian: “Hikawa”
  • Japanese: “Hikawa-chō”
  • Japanese: “ひかわちょう”
  • Japanese: “ヒカワチョウ”
  • Japanese: “氷川町”
  • Korean: “히카와정”
  • Korean: “히카와초”
  • Malay: “Hikawa, Kumamoto”
  • Malay: “Hikawa”
  • Persian: “هیکاوا”
  • Polish: “Hikawa”
  • Portuguese: “Hikawa”
  • Russian: “Хикава”
  • Spanish: “Hikawa”
  • Swedish: “Hikawa”
  • Tagalog: “Hikawa, Kumamoto”
  • Tagalog: “Hikawa”
  • Thai: “ฮิกาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Hikawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Hikawa, Kumamoto”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shimachi and Kashima.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 氷川町役場 and 氷川町文化センター.

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