在日本的东京都和广岛县同时有两个同样名为府中市的城市。

府中指的是「国府所在地」，也就是日本旧时令制国设置政务管理的地点。

原本为避免城市名称重复，习惯上较晚成立的城市应该要回避使用相同名称。但两城市申请成立时间非常接近，因此两市的申请例外的被同时许可，而造成两市同名的特殊状况。

Fuchū(府中) is the name of several places in Japan. Japan tries to avoid multiple cities with the same name in order to prevent administrative mistakes due to confusion. There are only two cases of cities in Japan with the same name: Fuchū, Hiroshima and Fuchū, Tokyo; and Date, Hokkaidō and Date, Fukushima. Fuchū means capital of a province. According to the provisions of the 8th-century Ritsuryō system, there was a Fuchū in every administrative province. The placename Fuchū remains in many areas of Japan.