Hiroshima

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Hiroshima is GeoNames ID 1862415. Its recorded administrative path is Hiroshima-shi → Hiroshima → Japan, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat.

Hiroshima occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2024-12-02; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Hiroshima ranks 442 by recorded population. Inside the 34 selected Japan entries it ranks 11; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 260.

Its 1,200,754 population value is 1.56 times the 769,894 median for the country cohort and 1.19 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Hiroshima sits in the second quarter of this atlas's Japan population cohort.

Hiroshima's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Hiroshima's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Matsuyama at 68.803 km with 511,192 recorded people; Kurashiki at 122.379 km with 483,576 recorded people; Okayama at 138.702 km with 724,691 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 69.899 km. Compared with Matsuyama, Hiroshima's recorded population is 2.35 times as large. Against Hiroshima, Matsuyama follows Matsuyama-shi → Ehime → Japan in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class.

Its recorded population is below Hiroshima's. Against Hiroshima, Kurashiki follows Kurashiki Shi → Okayama → Japan in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Hiroshima's. Against Hiroshima, Okayama follows Okayama Shi → Okayama → Japan in the source.

Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Japan cohort, uses the shared Asia/Tokyo identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Hiroshima's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 551 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Hiroshima's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist.

Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1862415, the coordinate pair 34.4000 / 132.4500, country rank 11 of 34, and neighbor GeoNames 1926099 at 68.803 km bind Hiroshima to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Hiroshima's reference point is 34.4000° north and 132.4500° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Tokyo is shared by 34 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Hiroshima's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels.

Hiroshima's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Hiroshima's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Hiroshima, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain.

Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.