Asaminami-ku (安佐南区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the south of former Asa District [ja].

The largest station of Astramline, a new traffic system, is in Asaminami-ku.

[citation needed] As of January 1, 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 245,475, with 101,941 households and a density of 2094 persons per km2.

[2][1] Hiroshima Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Gion closed its doors in 2003.

[3][4][5] In August 2014 many people died in a landslide after very heavy rain.