Hiroshima広島市
Hiroshima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi) is a city and a designated city with 8 wards in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 1,200,754 (2020 census), area 906.69 km². Borders 10 places.
An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.
The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 広島市
- Reading
- Hiroshima-shi
- Kind
- City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 1,200,754 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.6% from 1,194,034
- Area
- 906.69 km²
- Density
- 1,324 people per km²
- Households
- 555,123
- Under 15
- 13.3%
- 65 and over
- 25.7%
- Foreign residents
- 19,625 (1.6%)
- Code
- 34100 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
The 8 wards of Hiroshima行政区
Hiroshima is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.
| Ward | Population | km² |
|---|---|---|
| Naka Ward中区 | 142,699 | 15.32 |
| Higashi Ward東区 | 119,353 | 39.42 |
| Minami Ward南区 | 145,805 | 26.46 |
| Nishi Ward西区 | 190,232 | 35.61 |
| Asaminami Ward安佐南区 | 247,020 | 117.03 |
| Asakita Ward安佐北区 | 138,979 | 353.33 |
| Aki Ward安芸区 | 77,103 | 94.08 |
| Saeki Ward佐伯区 | 139,563 | 225.43 |
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Hiroshima, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hiroshima
- Is Hiroshima a city or a prefecture?
- Hiroshima (広島市) is a city (市, shi) in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly. It is a designated city, divided into 8 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments. Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県) is the larger unit around it. On its own, the name usually means the city.
- Where is Hiroshima?
- Hiroshima is in Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hiroshima?
- 1,200,754 at the 2020 census, up 0.6% from 1,194,034 in 2015. The area is 906.69 km², which is 1,324 people per km². 555,123 households. 25.7% of residents are 65 or older and 13.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hiroshima?
- 10: Kure City (呉市), Higashihiroshima City (東広島市), Hatsukaichi City (廿日市市), Akitakata City (安芸高田市), Fuchu Town (府中町), Kaita Town (海田町), Kumano Town (熊野町), Saka Town (坂町), Akiota Town (安芸太田町), and Kitahiroshima Town (北広島町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hiroshima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hiroshima written in Japanese?
- 広島市, read Hiroshima-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Hiroshima begin?
- 広島県広島市… (Hiroshima-ken, Hiroshima-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 8 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.