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Hiroshima
広島
—  Designatit ceety  —
広島市 · Hiroshima Ceety
Frae top left:Hiroshima Castle, Basebaw game o Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium, Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome), Nicht view o Ebisu-cho, Children's Peace Monument
Location o Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefectur
Hiroshima is located in Japan
Hiroshima
 
Coordinates: 34°23′7″N 132°27′19″E / 34.38528°N 132.45528°E / 34.38528; 132.45528
Kintra Japan
Region Chūgoku, Sanyō
Prefectur Hiroshima
Govrenment
 - Mayor Kazumi Matsui
Aurie
 - Tot 905.01 km2 (349.4 sq mi)
Indwallers (Januar 2010)
 - Tot 1,173,980
 Densitie 1,297.2/km2 (3,359.7/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Staundart Time (UTC+9)
Ceety Seembols
- Tree Camphor Laurel
- Flower Oleander
Phone number 082-245-2111
Address 1-6-34 Kokutaiji,
Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi 730-8586
Wabsteid Hiroshima Ceety

Hiroshima (広島市 Hiroshima-shi?) (Soond listen?) is the caipital o Hiroshima Prefectur, an the lairgest ceety in the Chūgoku region o wastren Honshu, the lairgest island o Japan. It is best kent as the first ceety in history tae be destroyed bi a nuclear weapon when the Unitit States Airmy Air Forces (USAAF) droppit an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M. on 6 August 1945, near the end o World War II.[1] Its name 広島 means "Wide Island".

Hiroshima gained ceety status on 1 Aprile 1889. On 1 Aprile 1980, Hiroshima became a designatit ceety.

Internaitional relations [edit]

Twin touns an sister ceeties [edit]

Hiroshima haes sax owerseas sister ceeties:[2]

Athin Japan, Hiroshima haes a similar relationship wi Nagasaki.

Notes [edit]

  1. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press.
  2. Introduction to our Sister and Friendship Cities. City.hiroshima.jp. Retrieved on 10 Mey 2010. .
  3. Friendly relationship at Official website of Volgograd. Volgadmin.ru (1994-12-01). Retrieved on 13 Juin 2011. .
  4. Hanover - Twin Towns (German). © 2007-2009 Hanover.de - Offizielles Portal der Landeshauptstadt und der Region Hannover in Zusammenarbeit mit hier.de. Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .