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Hiroshima (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 23 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.3833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 132 27 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 132.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Military headquarters in wars of 1894-1895, 1900 & 1904-1905; devastated by first atomic bomb used in warfare, dropped by USA in 1945; bombing contributed to surrender of Japan; largely rebuilt since 1950. |
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| Hiroshima (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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| Hiroschima (C,V)
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| Hirosima (C,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Hiroshimashi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Hiroshima-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| ヒロシマシ (C,U,Japanese)
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| ヒロシマ (C,U,Japanese)
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| ひろしま (C,U,Japanese)
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| 広島 (C,U,Japanese)
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| 広島市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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| ひろしまし (C,U,Japanese)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded end of 16th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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