Hiroshima

The city of Hiroshima (???; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands. Geographical location (City Hall). It is best known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare.

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Hiroshima gained municipality on April 1, 1889 and was designated on April 1, 1980 by government ordinance. As of 2004, the city's mayor is Tadatoshi Akiba.

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Hiroshima Mon Amour 1961	Hiroshima (BBC History of World War II) (DVD)	Last Train from Hiroshima : The Survivors Look Back(Hardcover)	White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (DVD)
Enola Gay The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (Paperback) Book

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►	History
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►	Demographics
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►	Further reading
►	See also
►	External links

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