Asakita-ku (安佐北区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima. The northern portion contains what was Asa-gun and southern Takata-gun, now defunct districts (see Takata District, Hiroshima). Asa-gun consisted of Kabe-cho, Kōyō-cho, Asa-cho. Takata-gun included Shiraki-cho. After the four towns were merged with Hiroshima in 1973, they were designated a ward and named Asakita-ku. As of April 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 156,516 and a density of 442.95 persons per km2. The total area is 353.35 km2. The Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's College is located in Asakita-ku.

Geography

Climate

Asakita-ku has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Asakita-ku is 14.9 C. The average annual rainfall is 1678.3 mm with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 C, and lowest in January, at around 3.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Asakita-ku was 38.9 C on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -18.6 C on 27 February 1981.

Demographics