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Kenchō-mae Station

Kenchō-mae Station is an HRT station on the Astram Line, located in 10–90, Motomachi, , .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kenchō-mae”, “Kencho-mae-eki”, and “Kenchō-mae-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carp castle and Shima Naika Hospital.

Museum
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called , is a castle in , Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and was what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. is situated 560 metres north of Kenchō-mae Station.

Hospital
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Shima Hospital is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in , . It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945. is situated 370 metres southwest of Kenchō-mae Station.

Stadium
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an indoor arena located in , . The original arena was built sometime shortly after World War II. The arena was rebuilt for the 1994 Asian Games. is situated 420 metres northwest of Kenchō-mae Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Minami-ku.

Neighborhood
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

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.

Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in .

Kenchō-mae Station

Latitude
34.39668° or 34° 23′ 48″ north
Longitude
132.45816° or 132° 27′ 29″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9FW5+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9628301778
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7562271
Wiki­data ID
Q6388821
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Russian—“Kenchō-mae Station” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ခင်းချေား - မအဲဘူတာ(ဟီရိုရှီးမား)”
  • Chinese: “縣廳前站”
  • Chinese: “縣廳前車站 (廣島縣)”
  • French: “Kencho-mae”
  • French: “Kenchō-mae”
  • Japanese: “けんちょうまええき”
  • Japanese: “県庁前”
  • Japanese: “県庁前駅”
  • Korean: “겐초마에역”
  • Korean: “현청앞”
  • Russian: “Кэнтё-маэ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kenchō-mae Station”. Photo: Kiyokun, Public domain.