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Hikone

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city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Key facts

Country
Japan
Region
Kansai
Prefecture
Shiga
Mayor
Issei Tajima (since May 2025)
Total
196.84 km (76.00 sq mi)
Density
568.78/km (1,473.1/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address
4-2 Motomachi, Hikone-shi, Shiga-ken 522-8501
Phone number
0749-30-6111
Climate
Cfa
Website
Official website
Flower
Iris
Tree
Tachibana Orange

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Named after
Ikutsuhikone
Country
Japan
Population
112156
Area
196.87
Time zone
UTC+09:00
Body of water
Lake Biwa
Capital of
Hikone Domain
Shares border with
Aisho
Official website
www.city.hikone.lg.jp/ja
Image
Genkyu-en-r.jpg
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mascot
Hikonyan
twinned administrative body
Takamatsu
Commons category
Hikone, Shiga
inception
1937-02-11
topic's main category
Category:Hikone, Shiga
native label
彦根市
name in kana
ひこねし
external data available at URL
www.city.hikone.lg.jp/opendata
associated electoral district
Shiga 2nd district
number of viewers/listeners
429037
postal code
522-8501
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Encyclopedic overview

Hikone (彦根市, Hikone-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021, the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49,066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is 196.84 square kilometres (76.00 sq mi).

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hikone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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