Higashihiroshima

Higashihiroshima (東広島市, Higashihiroshima-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 190,186 living in 90,294 households as of 30 April 2023. The municipality covers a total area of 635.16 square kilometres. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Hiroshima Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.