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Encyclopedia > Saka, Hiroshima


Saka (坂町; -cho) is a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan.


As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,059 and a density of 771.04 persons per kmē. The total area is 15.64 kmē.


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Hiroshima Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (851 words)
Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chugoku region and was the seat of the Mori clan until the Battle of Sekigahara.
Hiroshima prefecture lies in the middle of Chugoku, facing Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea.
Hiroshima's main industries include automobiles (Mazda is headquartered in Hiroshima Prefecture) and shipbuilding (Kure was one of the main naval bases of the Imperial Japanese Navy and remains a major commercial yard).
Saka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (1922 words)
The Saka/Scythians are considered by mainstream historians and linguists as being Indo-Europeans who spoke a language in the Northern branch of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian family of the Indo-European languages.
The Sakas were also one of several tribes that conquered India from the northwest, where they established the rule of the Indo-Scythians.
The Saka Era is used by the Indian national calendar, a few other Hindu calendars, and the Cambodian Buddhist calendar—its year zero begins near the vernal equinox of 78.
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