Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima

Asaminami-ku (安佐南区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the south of former.

Asa District consisted of, , ,. After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward was named Asaminami-ku. The largest station of Astramline, a new traffic system, is in Asaminami-ku. This system brought population inflow.

As of January 1, 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 245,475, with 101,941 households and a density of 2094 persons per km2. The total area is 117.24 km2.

JR-Kabe line
• Aki-Nagatsuka,

• Shimo-Gion,

• Furuichibashi,

• Ōmachi,

• Midorii,

• Shichigenjaya,

• Bairin,

• Kami-Yagi

Astram line
• Gion-shinbashi-kita,

• Nishihara,

• Nakasuji,

• Furuichi,

• Ōmachi,

• Bishamondai,

• Yasuhigashi,

• Kamiyasu,

• Takatori,

• Chōrakuji,

• Tomo,

• Ōbara,

• Tomo-chūō,

• Ōzuka,

• Koiki-koen-mae

Expressway

 * San'yō Expressway
 * Hiroshima Expressway (West Nippon Expressway Company)
 * Hiroshima Expressway
 * Hiroshima Expressway (West Nippon Expressway Company)
 * Hiroshima Expressway
 * Hiroshima Expressway
 * Hiroshima Expressway

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

Agriculture
Former, now a part of the ward, has been a major production area for  since Meiji era. Hiroshimana is a variety of Chinese cabbage and is the main material used for making Hiroshimanazuke (literally "pickled Hiroshimana").

Landslide
In August 2014 many people died in a landslide after very heavy rain.