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Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

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. As of July 31. 2016 the city has an estimated population of 185,418 and a population density of 291.85 persons per km². The total area is 635.32 km². Higashihiroshima is a university town of

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. Higashihiroshima is adjacent to

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, and serves as a commuter town for the city. The literal translation of the city's name is "Eastern Hiroshima." From old times, Higashihiroshima is famous for making sake, and along the Sakagura Dōri ("Sake Storehouse Road") area near JR Saijō Station are the Namako wall (white-lattice walled) and (red-roof tile) roofs of ten well-known sake breweries. An annual sake matsuri is held every October. The city was founded on April 20, 1974, from the merger of the four towns of Saijō, Hachihonmatsu, Shiwa and Takaya in Kamo District. In 1992, the population reached 100,000. On February 7, 2005, the towns of Kurose,

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, Toyosaka and Fukutomi (all from Kamo District), and the town of Akitsu (from Toyota District) were merged into Higashihiroshima.

Geography

Climate

Higashihiroshima has a

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( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Higashihiroshima is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Higashihiroshima was on 17 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 31 January 1981.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Higashihiroshima in 2020 is 196,608 people. Higashihiroshima has been conducting censuses since 1960.

Notable people from Higashihiroshima

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, Japanese actor *

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and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame * Akira Ibayashi, Japanese soccer player ( Sanfrecce Hiroshima,

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References

External links

Higashihiroshima City official website

Higashihiroshima City official website
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