Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima

Location of Asaminami-ku in Hiroshima City

Asaminami-ku (安佐南区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the south of the former district of Asa.

Asa-gun consisted of Gion-cho, Yasufuruichi-cho, Sato-cho, Numata-cho. After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward was named Asaminami-ku. The largest station of Astramline Vehicles: a new traffic system is in Asaminami-ku. This system brought population inflow because of increasing houses.

As of April 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 218,107 and a density of 1,861.14 persons per km². The total area is 117.19 km².

Traffic system

JR-Kabe line's station

• Aki-nagatsuka,
• Shimo-gion,
• Furuichi-bashi,
• Oomachi,
• Midorii,
• Shichigenjaya,
• Bairin,
• Kamiyagi
• Nishao-kri

Astram Line's Stations

• Gion-shinbashi-kita,
• Nishihara,
• Nakasuji,
• Furuichi,
• Omachi,
• Bishamondai,
• Yasuhigashi,
• Kamiyasu,
• Takatori,
• Chorakuji,
• Tomo,
• Obara,
• Tomo-chuo,
• Ozuka,
• Koiki-koen-mae
• Kokoai-toshi-rau

Japan highway public corporation

• Sanyō motor road
• Hiroshima-IC (Inter Change=exit)
• Hiroshima-nishi-seifuushinto IC Astramline is managed by Hiroshima Rapid Transit.

Industry

Hiroshima Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Gion closed its doors in 2003.

Education

• Hiroshima City University
• Hiroshima University of Economics
• Hiroshima Shudo University
• Yasuda Women's University
• Hiroshima culture junior college

Agriculture

They used to produce Hiroshimana-zuke in Satou-chou. It is said that Hiroshimana-zuke had produced since the Edo period.