Hiroshima

() is the caipital o Hiroshima Prefectur, an the lairgest ceety in the Chūgoku region o wastren Honshu, the lairgest island o Japan. It is best kent as the first ceety in history tae be destroyed bi a nuclear wappen when the Unitit States Airmy Air Forces (USAAF) droppit an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M. on 6 August 1945, near the end o World War II. Its name 広島 means "Wide Island".

Hiroshima gained ceety status on 1 Aprile 1889. On 1 Aprile 1980, Hiroshima became a designatit ceety.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns an sister ceeties 
Hiroshima haes sax owerseas sister ceeties:

 Honolulu, Unitit States (1959)
 Volgograd, Roushie (1972)
 Hanover, Germany (1983)
 Chongqing, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1986)
 Daegu, Sooth Korea (1997)
 Montreal, Canadae (1998)

Athin Japan, Hiroshima haes a seemilar relationship wi Nagasaki.

 Notes 


Category:Ceeties in Hiroshima Prefectur
Category:Atomic bombins o Hiroshima an Nagasaki
Category:Populatit places established in 1589
Category:Port dounsets in Japan
Category:Populatit coastal places in Japan
Category:Warld War II steids in Japan