Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 93,027 and a density of 13,210 persons per km2. The total area was 7.04 km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 98,500 residents
  • Description: one of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama
  • Also known as: “Nishi Ku”, “Nishi Ward”, “Nishi ward, Yokohama”, and “Nishi-ku, Yokohama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yokohama Station and Cosmo Clock 21.

Railway station
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is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, , Japan. It is the busiest station in and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year.

Ferris wheel
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is a 112.5-metre-tall Ferris wheel at the in the Minato Mirai 21 district of , . When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel at 107.5 metres, until the completion of the 108-metre Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.

Railway station
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is an interchange passenger railway station located in , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanagawa and Hodogaya.

Suburb
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Kanagawa-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km2. The total area was 23.88 km2.

Suburb
Hodogaya-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, Ward had an estimated population of 205,887 and a density of 9,400 inhabitants per square kilometer. The total area was 21.91 km2.

Suburb
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is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km2.

Nishi-ku

Latitude
35.4536° or 35° 27′ 13″ north
Longitude
139.6169° or 139° 37′ 1″ east
Population
98,500
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XFJ38+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2115185597
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1855254
Wiki­data ID
Q1203393
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيشي-كو، يوكوهاما”
  • Arabic: “نيشي-كو”
  • Basque: “Nishi-ku”
  • Belarusian: “Нісі-ку”
  • Catalan: “Nishi-ku”
  • Catalan: “Nishi”
  • Cebuano: “Nishi-ku”
  • Chinese: “西区”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Czech: “Nishi-ku”
  • Czech: “Niši-ku”
  • Dutch: “Nishi-ku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيشى-كو, يوكوهاما”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيشى-كو”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Niŝi-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Niŝi kvartalo”
  • Esperanto: “Niŝi-kvartalo”
  • French: “arrondissement de Nishi”
  • French: “arrondissement Ouest”
  • French: “Arrondissement Ouest”
  • French: “Nishi-ku”
  • German: “Nishi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Yokohama”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Irish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku (Yokohama)”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “にしく”
  • Japanese: “ニシク”
  • Japanese: “横浜市西区”
  • Japanese: “西区 (横浜市)”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “니시구”
  • Persian: “نیشی-کو”
  • Polish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Polish: “Nishi”
  • Russian: “Ниси-ку”
  • Russian: “Ниси”
  • Slovak: “Nishi-ku”
  • Slovak: “Niši-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Niši-ku”
  • Spanish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Spanish: “Nishi”
  • Swedish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตนิชิ”
  • Turkish: “Nishi, Yokohama”
  • Turkish: “Nishi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нісі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нісі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Ніші”
  • Urdu: “نیشی وارڈ، یوکوہاما”
  • Urdu: “نیشی وارڈ”
  • Venetian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi, Yokohama”

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