Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima

Asaminami-ku (安佐南区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the South of Asa-gun: now-defunct district.

Asa-gun was consisted of Gion-cho, Yasufuruichi-cho, Sato-cho, Numata-cho. After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward began 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

Astram Line's station

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

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.