Hiroshima
Hiroshima is an industrial city of wide boulevards and criss-crossing rivers along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. 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.
- City with about 1,200,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code HIJ
- Description: capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“City of Hiroshima”“Hiroshima City”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hiroshima Castle and Hiroshima.
Shukkei Garden
Shukkei-en is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Minami-ku.
Naka-ku
Naka-ku is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Hiroshima
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Latitude
34.3917° or 34° 23′ 30″ north
Longitude
132.4518° or 132° 27′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP HIJ
Open location code
8Q6J9FR2+MP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Adyghe to Zeeuws—“Hiroshima” goes by many names.
ХиросимаAdyghe
HiroshimaAfrikaans
HirosjimaAfrikaans
HiroshimaAlbanian
ሂሮሺማAmharic
هيروشيماArabic
هيروشيما اليابانيةArabic
هيروشيما، هيروشيماArabic
ولاية هيروشيماArabic
HiroshimaAragonese
ՀիրոսիմաArmenian
HiroshimaAsturian
HiroşimaAzerbaijani
HiroshimaBalinese
HiroshimaBasque
ХірасімаBelarusian
হিরোশিমাBengali
広島Bengali
廣島Bengali
HiroshimaBosnian
HirošimaBosnian
HíroşímáBrahui
HiroshimaBreton
ХирошимаBulgarian
ဟီရိုရှီးမားမြို့Burmese
HiroshimaCatalan
Hiroshima-shiCebuano
Hiroshima-shi (distrito)Cebuano
Hiroshima-shi (kapital sa prepektura)Cebuano
HiroshimaCentral Bikol
Hiroshima, HaponCentral Bikol
ھیرۆشیماCentral Kurdish
ХиросимаChechen
广岛市Chinese
廣島Chinese
廣島市Chinese
ХиросимаChuvash
HiroshimaCroatian
HirošimaCroatian
HirošimaCzech
HiroshimaDanish
HiroshimaDutch
هيروشيماEgyptian Arabic
HiroshimaEsperanto
HiroŝimaEsperanto
HiroŝimoEsperanto
HiroshimaEstonian
HiroshimaExtremaduran
HiroshimaFaroese
HiroshimaFijian
HiroshimaFinnish
HirošimaFinnish
HiroshimaGalician
HiroximaGalician
ჰიროსიმაGeorgian
ჰიროშიმაGeorgian
ΧιροσίμαGreek
હિરોશિમાGujarati
HiroshimaHausa
הירושימהHebrew
हिरोशिमाHindi
HiroshimaHungarian
HirosimaHungarian
Hirosima-siHungarian
広島市Hungarian
HiroshimaIcelandic
HírosímaIcelandic
HiroshimaIdo
HiroshimaIndonesian
Hiroshima-shiIndonesian
Hiroshima, HiroshimaIndonesian
Kota HiroshimaIndonesian
広島市Indonesian
HiroshimaInterlingua
An tIoraismeIrish
HiroshimaIrish
HiroshimaItalian
Hiroshima-shiJapanese
ひろしまJapanese
ヒロシマJapanese
ひろしましJapanese
ヒロシマシJapanese
広島Japanese
広島区Japanese
広島市Japanese
廣島市Japanese
廣嶋Japanese
HiroshimaJavanese
Hiroshima, HiroshimaJavanese
ಹಿರೋಶಿಮಾKannada
XirosimaKara-Kalpak
ہِروشیماKashmiri
ХиросимаKazakh
HiroshimaKikuyu
HiroshimaKinyarwanda
ХиросимаKirghiz
ХирошимаKirghiz
히로시마Korean
히로시마 시Korean
히로시마 현 히로시마 시Korean
HîroşîmaKurdish
HiroshimaLatin
HirosimaLatin
HiroshimaLatvian
HirošimaLatvian
HiroximaLingua Franca Nova
廣島市Literary Chinese
HirošimaLithuanian
Hirošimos miestasLithuanian
HiroshimaLuxembourgish
HiroshimaMacedo-Romanian
ХирошимаMacedonian
हिरोशिमाMagahi
HiroshimaMalagasy
HiroshimaMalay
HiroshimaMalayalam
ഹിരോഷിമMalayalam
HiroshimaMaltese
ĦiroximaMaltese
HiroshimaMaori
हिरोशिमाMarathi
هیروشیماMazanderani
Hiroshima-chhīMin Nan Chinese
Hirosima-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ХирошимаMoksha
ХирошимаMongolian
हिरोशिमाNepali
हिरोसिमाNepali
HiroshimaNorthern Frisian
HiroshimaNorwegian
HiroshimaNorwegian Bokmål
HiroshimaNorwegian Nynorsk
HiroshimaOccitan (post 1500)
ХиросимæOssetian
ਹੀਰੋਸ਼ੀਮਾPanjabi
هیروشیماPersian
HiroshimaPiemontese
HiroshimaPolish
HirosimaPolish
HiroszimaPolish
ΧιροσίμαPontic
هیروشیماPushto
HiroshimaQuechua
HiroshimaRomanian
HiroşimaRomanian
ХиросимаRussian
ХирошимаRussian
ГирошимаRusyn
HiroshimaSardinian
HiroshimaScots
HiroshimaSerbian
ХирошимаSerbian
広島市Serbian
HiroshimaSerbo-Croatian
HirošimaSerbo-Croatian
HiroshimaSicilian
HirošimaSilesian
HiroszimaSilesian
හිරෝෂිමාSinhala
HirošimaSlovak
HirošimaSlovenian
هیروشیماSouth Azerbaijani
HiroshimaSundanese
HiroshimaSwahili
HiroshimaSwedish
HiroschimaSwiss German
HiroshimaSwiss German
HiroshimaTagalog
HirosyimaTagalog
Lungsod ng HiroshimaTagalog
Lungsod ng HirosyimaTagalog
ҲирошимаTajik
இரோசிமாTamil
ஹிரோசிமாTamil
ஹிரோஷிமாTamil
XirosimaTatar
ХиросимаTatar
హిరోషిమాTelugu
จังหวัดฮิโระชิมะThai
ฮิโรชิมะThai
ฮิโรชิมาThai
ಹಿರೋಶಿಮಾTulu
HiroshimaTumbuka
HiroshimaTurkish
HiroşimaTurkish
HiroshimaTwi
ХіросімаUkrainian
ХірошімаUkrainian
ہیروشیماUrdu
HiroshimaUzbek
XirosimaUzbek
HiroshimaVenetian
HirošimaVeps
HiroshimaVietnamese
Thành phố HiroshimaVietnamese
HiroshimaWaray (Philippines)
HiroshimaWelsh
HiroshimaWestern Frisian
ہیروشیماWestern Panjabi
广岛市Wu Chinese
ХиросимаYakut
היראשימאYiddish
HiroshimaYoruba
廣島市Yue Chinese
HiroshimaZeeuws
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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