- Etajima, Hiroshima
Infobox City Japan
Name= Etajima
JapaneseName= 江田島市
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Region= Chūgoku (San'yō)
Prefecture= Hiroshima
District=
Area_km2= 100.97
PopDate= March 2008
Population= 28,419
Density_km2= 281
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LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 13
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 132
LongtitudeMinutes= 27
LongtitudeSeconds=
Symbol
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor=Kaoru Sone
CityHallPostalCode= 737-2392
CityHallAddress=4859-9, Nōmichō Nakamachi, Etajima-shi, Hiroshima-ken
CityHallPhone= 0823-40-2211
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.etajima.hiroshima.jp/ Etajima City]nihongo|Etajima|江田島市|Etajima-shi is a city (formerly a town) located on the island of
Etajima inHiroshima Bay in southwestern Hiroshima,Japan .The city was formed on
November 1 ,2004 from the merger of the town of Etajima from Aki District with three towns from Saeki District: Nōmi, Ōgaki, and Okimi.As of
March 1 ,2008 population data, the city has an estimatedpopulation of 28,419 and a density of 281 persons per km². The total area is 100.97 km².As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population of 12,286 and a density of 407.90 persons per km². The total area was 30.12 km².A naval museum is located in the portion of the city that was the town.
External links
* [http://www.city.etajima.hiroshima.jp/ Etajima official website] in Japanese
* [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/museums/etajima/index.htm Etajima Museum of Naval History]
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