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'Asakita-ku' (安佐北区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the North of Asa-gun and the South of Takata-gun: now-defunct districts.
Asa-gun was consisted of Kabe-cho, Kōyō-cho, Asa-cho. Takata-gun was including Shiraki-cho. After the 4 towns being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward began named Asakita-ku.
As of April 1 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 156,516 and a density of 442.95 persons per km². The total area is 353.35 km².