Kure

Kure is a port city in Hiroshima prefecture, . It is the third largest city in the prefecture by population, after Hiroshima and . Kure also administers a number of islands in the , including .
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  • City with about 212,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (330 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kure, Hiroshima”
  • Description: city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Neighbors
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Places of Interest

Discover Yamato Museum and JMSDF Kure Museum.
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Museum
The is the nickname of the Kure Maritime Museum in Kure, , Japan.
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Museum
The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force Kure Museum…
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Akishio is a retired Japanese diesel-electric Yūshio-class submarine.

Kure

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Latitude
34.2484° or 34° 14′ 54″ north
Longitude
132.5653° or 132° 33′ 55″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP KRE
Open location code
8Q6J6HX8+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 191581255
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
1858296
Wiki­data ID
Q223439

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kure” goes by many names.
كورشيArabic
كورشي، هیروشیماArabic
ԿուրեArmenian
KureAsturian
Kure, HiroshimaBalinese
KureBasque
কোরেBengali
КуреBulgarian
KureCatalan
KureCebuano
КуреChechen
Куре (Япон)Chechen
吳市Chinese
吴市Chinese
呉市Chinese
KureCzech
KureDanish
KureDutch
كوروهEgyptian Arabic
كوروه, هيروشيماEgyptian Arabic
KureEsperanto
KureEstonian
KureFinnish
KureFrench
KureGalician
კურეGeorgian
KureGerman
ΚούρεGreek
કુરેGujarati
קורהHebrew
कुरेHindi
KureHungarian
KureIndonesian
Kure, HiroshimaIndonesian
KureIrish
KureItalian
Kure-shiJapanese
くれしJapanese
呉Japanese
呉市Japanese
ಕುರೆKannada
구레Korean
구레 시Korean
KureLatvian
吳市Literary Chinese
KurėLithuanian
KureMalagasy
KureMalay
कुरेMarathi
کورهMazanderani
کوره، هیروشیماMazanderani
Kure-chhīMin Nan Chinese
KureNorwegian
KureNorwegian Bokmål
کورهPersian
کوره، هیروشیماPersian
KurePolish
KurePortuguese
KureRomanian
КуреRussian
КурэRussian
CouretSerbian
KureSerbian
КуреSerbian
呉市Serbian
KureSerbo-Croatian
කුරේSinhala
KureSlovak
کورهSouth Azerbaijani
کوره، هیروشیماSouth Azerbaijani
KureSpanish
Kure HiroshimaSpanish
KureSwedish
City of KureTagalog
KureTagalog
Kure CityTagalog
Kure, HiroshimaTagalog
Lungsod KureTagalog
Lungsod ng KureTagalog
Lunsod KureTagalog
Lunsod ng KureTagalog
Siudad KureTagalog
Siudad ng KureTagalog
Siyudad KureTagalog
Siyudad ng KureTagalog
Syudad KureTagalog
Syudad ng KureTagalog
KureTajik
КуреTajik
குரேTamil
КуреTatar
కురేTelugu
คุเระThai
KureTumbuka
KureTurkish
КуреUkrainian
کورےUrdu
کورے، ہیروشیماUrdu
KureUzbek
KureVenetian
KureVietnamese
Kure, HiroshimaVietnamese
KureWaray (Philippines)
Kure, HiroshimaWaray (Philippines)
吳市Yue Chinese

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