Why did the American select Hiroshima as the city on which to drop the first atomic bomb?

Hiroshima had been the birth place of the emperor of Japan and the bombing would be a message to the emperor.
This city had sent many soldiers and they did not want them to have a home to go back to after the war.
The city of Hiroshima was a ghost town and therefore, few civilians would be hurt by the atomic bombing.
The amount of destruction could be actually studied because Hiroshima had had little damage done by the war.

Question

Why did the American select Hiroshima as the city on which to drop the first atomic bomb?
 	
	Hiroshima had been the birth place of the emperor of Japan and the bombing would be a message to the emperor.
	This city had sent many soldiers and they did not want them to have a home to go back to after the war.
	The city of Hiroshima was a ghost town and therefore, few civilians would be hurt by the atomic bombing.
	The amount of destruction could be actually studied because Hiroshima had had little damage done by the war.

jabez1777 · Answer

By the time the atomic bombs were ready, Tokyo had already been effectively destroyed in the Bombing of Tokyo. The US command saw no point of dropping the atomic bomb on a city that was already destroyed. So instead, the atomic bombs were sent to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.quora.com/Why-did-the-U-S-bomb-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-instead-of-Tokyo-or-other-cities