Hofu
Hofu is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. It is named after its former status as the provincial capital of Suō Province. Hofu has about 115,000 residents.
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Notable Places in the Area
Hōfu Air Field
Aerodrome
Hōfu Air Field is a military aerodrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Hōfu-kita Airbase.
Hōfu Station
Railway station
Hōfu Station is a railway station in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Photo: OS6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mōri Museum
Museum
Mōri Museum opened in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. Photo: TT mk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hōfu Tenmangū
Shinto shrine
Hōfu Tenman-gū is a Shinto shrine in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Photo: OS6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hofu
Latitude 34.0517° or 34° 3' 6.2" north | Longitude 131.5629° or 131° 33' 46.5" east |
Population 115,000 | United Nations Location Code JP HOF |
Elevation 4 metres (13 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 697538051 |
GeoNames ID 1862302 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Hōfu, Yamaguchi
- Arabic: هوفا
- Arabic: هوفا، ياماغوتشي
- Asturian: Hōfu
- Bengali: হোফু
- Catalan: Hōfu
- Cebuano: Hōfu
- Chechen: Хофу
- Chinese: Hôhu-chhī
- Chinese: 防府
- Chinese: 防府市
- Czech: Hófu
- Danish: Hofu
- Dutch: Hofu
- Dutch: Hōfu
- English: Hohfu
- English: Hohhu
- English: Hōfu
- English: Hōhu
- Estonian: Hofu
- Estonian: Hōfu
- Finnish: Hōfu
- French: Hōfu
- Galician: Hōfu
- German: Hofu
- German: Hōfu
- Greek: Χόφου
- Gujarati: હોફુ
- Hakka Chinese: Hōfu-sṳ
- Hausa: Hōfu-sṳ
- Hindi: होफू
- Indonesian: Hōfu
- Italian: Hōfu
- Japanese: ほうふし
- Japanese: 防府
- Japanese: 防府市
- Kannada: ಹೋಫು
- Korean: 호후시
- Latvian: Hofu
- Literary Chinese: 防府市
- Lithuanian: Hofu
- Macedo-Romanian: Hōfu
- Malagasy: Hōfu
- Malay: Hofu
- Marathi: होफू
- Mazanderani: هوفو، یاماگوچی
- Min Nan Chinese: Hôhu-chhī
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hofu
- Persian: هوفو، یاماگوچی
- Polish: Hōfu
- Portuguese: Hofu
- Portuguese: Hōfu
- Romanian: Hofu
- Romanian: Hōfu
- Russian: Хофу
- Serbian: Hofu
- Serbian: Хофу
- Serbian: 防府市
- Serbo-Croatian: Hofu
- Sinhala: හොෆු
- South Azerbaijani: هوفو، یاماقوچی
- Spanish: Hōfu
- Swedish: Hofu
- Swedish: Hōfu
- Tagalog: Hopu
- Tagalog: Hōfu
- Tajik: Hofu
- Tajik: Ҳофу
- Tamil: ஹோபியூ
- Tatar: Хофу
- Tatar: Һофу
- Telugu: హోఫు
- Thai: โฮฟุ
- Tumbuka: Hōfu
- Turkish: Hōfu
- Ukrainian: Хофу
- Urdu: ہوفو
- Vietnamese: Hōfu
- Waray (Philippines): Hofu
- Waray (Philippines): Hōfu
- Yue Chinese: 防府
- Bōfu
- Bōhu
Other Places Named Hofu
- HofuYamaguchi, Japan
- HefuTown, Hunan, China
- Hōfu StationRailway station, Yamaguchi, Japan
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- 防府市役所Town hall
- 防府警察署Police station
- 防府消化器病センター防府胃腸病院Hospital
- 山口県防府健康福祉センターPublic building
- 山口地方裁判所防府簡易裁判所Courthouse
- 山口地方検察庁防府区検察庁Public building
Popular Destinations in Yamaguchi
Escape to a Random Place
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