Takehara, Hiroshima

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Map showing location of Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture (as of 2006).
Map showing location of Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture (as of 2006).

Takehara (竹原市 Takehara-shi?) is a city located in Hiroshima, Japan.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 31,223 and a density of 263.93 persons per km². The total area is 118.30 km².

The city was founded on November 3, 1958.

Ōkunoshima, the island where a poison gas plant of the Imperial Japanese Army was located, belongs to Takehara.

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Cities
Akitakata | Etajima | Fuchū | Fukuyama | Hatsukaichi | Higashihiroshima | Hiroshima (capital) | Kure | Mihara | Miyoshi | Onomichi | Ōtake | Shōbara | Takehara
Districts
Aki | Jinseki | Sera | Toyota | Yamagata
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

Coordinates: 34.338° N 132.917° E