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Hirata

Hirata was a city located in , . The city was founded on January 1, 1955. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 28,506 and a density of 200.68 persons per km2.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: dissolved municipality in Hikawa district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hirata, Shimane”, “平田市役所”, and “平田町”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Unshū-Hirata Station and Ageshima Kofun.

Railway stop
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , . It is operated by the private transportation company, Ichibata Electric Railway.

Archaeological site
Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Kofun period burial mound in the Kunitomi-chō neighborhood of the city of , San'in region, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957.

Railway stop
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Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , . It is operated by the private transportation company, Ichibata Electric Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hikawa and Shinji.

Suburb
Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a town located in District, , . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 27,246 and a density of 337.87 persons per km2. is situated 5 km south of Hirata.

Suburb
was a town located in Yatsuka District, , . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,483 and a density of 157.60 per km2. is situated 8 km east of Hirata.

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is a city in Prefecture with a population of around 150,000 people and a land area of 543.43km². It's located near .

Hirata

Latitude
35.43504° or 35° 26′ 6″ north
Longitude
132.82219° or 132° 49′ 20″ east
Open location code
8Q7JCRPC+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6332022149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1043175
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Portuguese—“Hirata” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Hirata”
  • Chinese: “平田市”
  • Dutch: “Hirata”
  • French: “Hirata”
  • Irish: “Hirata”
  • Japanese: “ひらた”
  • Japanese: “平田市”
  • Korean: “히라타시”
  • Portuguese: “Hirata”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 出雲市平田支所 and Hirata Post Office.

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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 “Hirata”. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.