is a
city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
(formerly a town) located on the island of
Etajima
, also called , ''Nomijima'', ''Nomi Island'', or is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The mess with island name originates from the ancient (and possibly legendary) strait at now town .
Geography
T ...
in
Hiroshima Bay in southwestern
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
The modern city of Etajima was established on November 1, 2004, from the merger of the town of Etajima (from
Aki District) absorbing three towns from
Saeki District:
Nōmi,
Ōgaki, and
Okimi
Ōkimi (, also read as ''Daiō''), or Ame no shita Siroshimesu Ōkimi (, Chi Tenka Daiō), was the title of the head of the Yamato Kingship, or the monarch title of Wakoku (Old Japan). .
As of December 31, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 24,596 and a population density of 240 persons per km
2. The total area is 100.97 km
2.
A naval museum and the
Naval Academy Etajima is located in the portion of the city that was the town.
Etajima holds two annual
marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...
s, the Orange Marathon and the Oyster Marathon.
The Orange Marathon has been held for more than two decades. It is held every year in October, at the beginning of the orange season. Each participant is rewarded for their efforts with a bag of locally grown oranges. The 23rd Annual Orange Marathon in 2008 had over 2000 participants for 1K, 3K, 5K, and 10K runs, and a half-marathon.
The Oyster Marathon is relatively a smaller scale marathon. Participants are rewarded with oysters.
On March 14, 2013, a man went on a
stabbing rampage in Etajima, killing two co-workers and wounding six others.
Transportation
Highway
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See also
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Bombing of Kure (July 1945)
The attacks on Kure, Hiroshima, Kure and the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea by United States and British naval aviation, naval aircraft in late July 1945 sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The United Stat ...
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Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
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Kure Naval Arsenal
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Kure Naval District
was the second of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the Inland Sea of Japan and the Pacific coasts of southern Honshū from Wakayama to Yamaguchi prefectures, eastern and northern K ...
References
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Cities in Hiroshima Prefecture