Hongu
Hongu is a mountain village in Wakayama Prefecture. It belongs to the city of Tanabe but is 60 km distant from the city center, so it is covered here as a separate destination.
- Suburb with about 3,760 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 210 metres (680 feet)
- …is also known as “Hongū, Wakayama”
- Description: dissolved municipality in Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan (1956-2005)
Places of Interest
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Kumano Hongū Taisha
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Hongu
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Latitude
33.838° or 33° 50′ 17″ north
Longitude
135.7731° or 135° 46′ 23″ east
Open location code
8Q5QRQQF+57
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Hongu” goes by many names.
本宮町Japanese
혼구정Korean
HongūSlovenian
HongūWelsh
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