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Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Himeji CityCity
Hyogo PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Himeji481,493 (2017)
Shirahamachō-usazakiminami23,180 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
338270
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338270:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japon
German:
Himeji, Präfektur Hyogo, Japan
Italian:
Himeji, prefettura di Hyōgo, Giappone
Russian:
Химедзи, Хёго, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
姬路市, 兵库县, 日本
Spanish:
Himeji, Prefectura de Hyōgo, Japón
Arabic:
هيميجي , هيوغو, اليابان
Armenian:
Հիմեձի, Ճապոնիա
Asturian:
Himeji, prefeutura de Hyōgo, Xapón
Azeri:
Himeci, Hyöqo, Yaponiya
Basque:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japonia
Belarusian:
Хімедзі, Хіёга, Японія
Bengali:
হিমেজি, হিয়োগো প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Bulgarian:
Химеджи, Хього, Япония
Cebuano:
Himeji, Hyōgo-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
姬路市, 兵庫縣, 日本
Czech:
Himedži, Prefektura Hjógo, Japonsko
Danish:
Himeji, Hyougo-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
Esperanto:
Himeĝi, Gubernio Hjogo, Japanio
Estonian:
Himeji, Hyōgo prefektuur, Jaapan
Faroese:
Himeji, Japan
Farsi/Persian:
هیمه‌جی، هیوگو, استان هیوگو, ژاپن
Finnish:
Himeji, Hyōgon prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Himeji, Prefectura de Hyōgo, Xapón
Greek:
Χιμέτζι, Χιγκόρο, Ιαπωνία
Greenlandic:
Himeji, Japani
Gujarati:
હિમેજી, હ્યોગો પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hebrew:
הימג'י, היוגו, יפן
Hindi:
हिमेजी, ह्योगो प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Hungarian:
Himedzsi, Hjógo prefektúra, Japán
Indonesian:
Himeji, Prefektur Hyogo, Jepang
Irish Gaelic:
Himeji, Maoracht Hyōgo, An tSeapáin
Japanese:
姫路市, 兵庫県, 日本
Javanese:
Himeji, Prefektur Hyogo, Jepang
Kannada:
ಹಿಮೆಜಿ, ಹೈಗೊ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
히메지시, 효고현, 일본
Latvian:
Himeji, Hjogo prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Himedžis, Hiogo prefektūra, Japonija
Macedonian:
Химеџи, Хјого, Јапонија
Malagasy:
Himeji, Japana
Malay:
Himeji, Wilayah Hyōgo, Jepun
Marathi:
हिमजी, ह्योगो, जपान
Mazanderani:
هیمه‌جی، هیوگو, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Himezi-chhī, Hyôgo-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Himeji, Japan
Polish:
Himeji, Prefektura Hyōgo, Japonia
Portuguese:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japão
Romanian:
Himeji, Prefectura Hyōgo, Japonia
Scots:
Himeji, Hyōgo Prefectur, Japan
Serbian:
Химеџи, Хјого, Јапан
Serbo-Croatian:
Himeji, Prefektura Hjogo, Japan
Sinhalese:
හිමෙජි, හයෝගෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
Slovak:
Himeji, Hjógo, Japonsko
Slovenian:
Himeji, prefektura Hyōgo, Japonska
South Azerbaijani:
هیمه‌جی، هیوقو, هیوقو اوستانی, ژاپون
Swedish:
Himeji, Hyogo prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Himeji, Prepektura ng Hyōgo, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Ҳимеҷи, Префектураи Ҳёго, Ҷопон
Tamil:
இமேஜி, ஹயோகோ ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர், யப்பான்
Tatar:
Химеҗи, Япония
Telugu:
హిమేజి, హయోగో ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
ฮิเมจิ, จังหวัดเฮียวโงะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
姫路, 兵庫縣, 日本
Turkish:
Himeji, Hyōgo ili, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Хімедзі, Префектура Хіого, Японія
Urdu:
ہیمیجی، ہیوگو, ہیوگو پریفیکچر, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Hapon
Welsh:
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed252 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Fukumoto1251.2 - 242 Ma (Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sardinella
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae : Sardinella23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Leiognathus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Leiognathidae : Leiognathus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Scomberoides
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Scomberoides23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Sparidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Spariformes : Sparidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Paralichthys yamanai
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pleuronectiformes : Paralichthyidae : Paralichthys : Paralichthys yamanai23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pecten amuricus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten : Pecten amuricus252.17 - 242 Ma
Phanerozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himeji
Wikidata ID:Q209801
GeoNames ID:1862625

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