Namba

Namba is a district in and wards of , . It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami region. Its name came from a variation of , the former name of Osaka.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood in Chūō-ku and Naniwa-ku, Osaka
  • Also known as: “Nanba”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ōsaka Namba and JR Namba.

Railway stop
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Station is a major railway station on the Kintetsu Namba Line and Hanshin Namba Line in the Namba district of , Japan. It is adjacent to Namba Station and .

Railway station
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Station is a railway station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, , Japan, adjacent to Namba Station and operated by the West Japan Railway Company. is the western terminus of the Kansai Main Line.

Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dōtonbori and Sōemon.

Locality
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or Dōtombori is a district in , Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to in the Namba district of the city's .

Neighborhood
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Sōemonchō or Soemonchō is an entertainment district in , one of the wards of , . The district borders on two other entertainment districts, to the north and to the south.

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of , . It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567.

Namba

Latitude
34.66689° or 34° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
135.49902° or 135° 29′ 57″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMF8X+QJ
Geo­Names ID
6697672
Wiki­data ID
Q1075406
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Namba” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Namba”
  • Catalan: “Nanba”
  • Chinese: “难波”
  • Chinese: “難波”
  • Dutch: “Namba”
  • Esperanto: “Namba”
  • French: “Namba”
  • German: “Namba”
  • German: “Nanba”
  • Hebrew: “נאמבה”
  • Indonesian: “Namba”
  • Italian: “Namba”
  • Japanese: “なんば”
  • Japanese: “難波”
  • Japanese: “難波新地”
  • Korean: “난바”
  • Korean: “남바”
  • Pushto: “نمبا”
  • Sanskrit: “नम्बा”
  • Thai: “นัมบะ”
  • Urdu: “نامبا”
  • Wu Chinese: “难波”
  • Yue Chinese: “難波”

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