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Fuchu Town
Hiroshima Prefecture · Town
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Fuchu Town is surrounded by Hiroshima City and has the largest population of any town or village in Japan. It is known as a company town with the headquarters of the automaker Mazda. The provincial capital of Aki Province is said to have been here in ancient times, and Take Shrine is an old shrine of Aki Province.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Hiroshima Prefecture
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