[2] The total area of the town is 133.98 square kilometres (51.73 sq mi) Hino is located in the Chūgoku Mountains in western Tottori Prefecture.

Following the Meiji restoration the area was divided into villages within Hino District, Tottori on October 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.

Hino has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of ten members.

In terms of national politics, the town is part of Tottori 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

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