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'Asaminami-ku' (安佐南区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the South of Asa-gun: now-defunct district.
Asa-gun was consisted of Gion-cho, Yasufuruichi-cho, Sato-cho, Numata-cho. After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward began named Asaminami-ku.
The largest station of Astramline Vehicles: a new traffic system is in Asaminami-ku. This system brought population inflow because of increasing houses.
As of April 1 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 218,107 and a density of 1,861.14 persons per km². The total area is 117.19 km².

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Traffic system

★ Aki-nagatsuka, ★ Shimo-gion, ★ Furuichi-bashi, ★ Oomachi, ★ Midorii, ★ Shichigenjaya, ★ Bairin, ★ Kamiyagi

★ Gion-shinbashi-kita, ★ Nishihara, ★ Nakasuji, ★ Furuichi, ★ Omachi, ★ Bishamondai, ★ Yasuhigashi, ★ Kamiyasu, ★ Takatori, ★ Chorakuji, ★ Tomo, ★ Obara, ★ Tomo-chuo, ★ Ozuka, ★ Koiki-koen-mae

Industry

Education

Traffic system

===JR-Kabe line's station

★ Aki-nagatsuka,

★ Shimo-gion,

★ Furuichi-bashi,

★ Oomachi,

★ Midorii,

★ Shichigenjaya,

★ Bairin,

★ Kamiyagi

Astram Line's station

★ Gion-shinbashi-kita,

★ Nishihara,

★ Nakasuji,

★ Furuichi,

★ Omachi,

★ Bishamondai,

★ Yasuhigashi,

★ Kamiyasu,

★ Takatori,

★ Chorakuji,

★ Tomo,

★ Obara,

★ Tomo-chuo,

★ Ozuka,

★ Koiki-koen-mae

Japan highway public corporation===

★ Sanyō motor road

★ Hiroshima-IC (Inter Change=exit)

★ Hiroshima-nishi-seifuushinto IC Astramline is managed by Hiroshima Rapid Transit.

Industry

Hiroshima Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Gion closed its doors in 2003.

Education

★ Hiroshima City University

★ Hiroshima University of Economics

★ Hiroshima Shudo University

★ Yasuda Women's University

★ Hiroshima culture junior college
==Agriculture==
They used to produce Hiroshimana-zuke in Satou-chou. It is said that Hiroshimana-zuke had produced since the Edo period.