Hiroshima
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| Hiroshima 広島 |
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| 広島市 · Hiroshima Ceety | |
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  Hiroshima
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| Coordinates: 34°23′7″N 132°27′19″E / 34.38528°N 132.45528°E | |
| 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) (
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]
See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Japan
Twin touns an sister ceeties [edit]
Hiroshima haes sax owerseas sister ceeties:[2]
Honolulu, Unitit States (1959)
Volgograd, Roushie (1972)[3]
Hanover, Germany (1983)[4]
Chongqing, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1986)
Daegu, Sooth Korea (1997)
Montreal, Canadae (1998)
Athin Japan, Hiroshima haes a similar relationship wi Nagasaki.
Notes [edit]
- ↑ Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Introduction to our Sister and Friendship Cities. City.hiroshima.jp. Retrieved on 10 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Friendly relationship at Official website of Volgograd. Volgadmin.ru (1994-12-01). Retrieved on 13 Juin 2011. .
- ↑ 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. .
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