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Hyogo-ku

Hyogo is one of nine wards of , . It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the which links and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan.
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  • Type: Suburb with 107,000 residents
  • Description: ward of the city of Kōbe, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hyogo”, “Hyōgo”, “Hyogo Ku”, “Hyogo Ward”, “Hyōgo-ku”, “Hyōgo-ku, Kobe”, and “Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kobe Port Tower and Nankinmachi.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
The is a landmark in the port city of , . The sightseeing tower was completed in 1963 and was temporarily closed from late 2009 to 28 April 2010 and again from 27 September 2021 to 26 April 2024 for renovation.

Photo: Tomomarusan, CC BY 2.5.
Nankin-machi is a neighborhood in Kobe, Japan located south of station adjacent to the Department Store and is a major tourist attraction.

Railway station
Photo: 本屋, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line and the Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in , , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chuo-ku and Suma-ku.

Suburb
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Chūō is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 28.46 km2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku and Ikuta-ku.

Suburb
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Suma is one of 9 wards of , . is situated 4 km southwest of Hyogo-ku.

Suburb
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nagata is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Hyogo-ku

Latitude
34.6803° or 34° 40′ 49″ north
Longitude
135.1658° or 135° 9′ 57″ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP HOG
Open location code
8Q6QM5J8+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 721818518
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1862045
Wiki­data ID
Q1078790
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Hyogo-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيوغو-كو”
  • Armenian: “Հյոգո-կու”
  • Armenian: “Հյոգո”
  • Catalan: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Catalan: “Hyōgo”
  • Cebuano: “Hyōgo Ku”
  • Cebuano: “Hyōgo”
  • Chinese: “兵库区”
  • Chinese: “兵庫區”
  • Dutch: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Dutch: “Hyōgo”
  • French: “arrondissement de Hyōgo”
  • French: “Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe”
  • French: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • German: “Hyogo-ku”
  • German: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • German: “Hyōgo”
  • Hungarian: “Hjógo-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Hyōgo-ku, Kobe”
  • Indonesian: “Hyōgo”
  • Irish: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Irish: “Hyōgo”
  • Italian: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Japanese: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひょうごく”
  • Japanese: “ヒョウゴク”
  • Japanese: “兵庫区”
  • Japanese: “神戸市兵庫区”
  • Korean: “효고구”
  • Latvian: “Hjogo”
  • Portuguese: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Portuguese: “Hyōgo”
  • Russian: “Нийого”
  • Russian: “Хёго-ку”
  • Russian: “Хёго”
  • Spanish: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Spanish: “Hyōgo”
  • Thai: “เขตเฮียวโงะ”
  • Turkish: “Hyōgo (semt)”
  • Turkish: “Hyōgo”
  • Venetian: “Hyōgo-ku”
  • Venetian: “Hyōgo”
  • Vietnamese: “Hyōgo”
  • “Hyōgo-ku”
  • “兵庫区”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hyogo Ward Office and Hyogo Fire Station.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hyogo-ku”. Photo: Pastern, CC BY-SA 3.0.