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Hiroshima

Naka-ku

Naka-ku is the heart of , , . Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like street of shops extending east from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to Hatchobori.
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  • Type: Suburb with 137,000 residents
  • Description: one of eight wards of the city of Hiroshima
  • Also known as: “Naka Ward” and “Naka-ku, Hiroshima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carp castle and Hiroshima.

Museum
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called , is a castle in , Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and was what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.

Railway station
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Station is a major railway station in , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Garden
Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.
Shukkei-en is a historic in the city of , . The is located adjacent to the garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Minami-ku.

Suburb
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is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in .

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards of the city of , . As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards located in , Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the . Within is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.

Naka-ku

Latitude
34.3863° or 34° 23′ 11″ north
Longitude
132.4551° or 132° 27′ 18″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9FP4+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 384246373
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7374295
Wiki­data ID
Q63436
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Naka-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ناكا-كو، هيروشيما”
  • Arabic: “ناكا-كو”
  • Catalan: “Naka-ku”
  • Catalan: “Naka”
  • Chinese: “中区”
  • Chinese: “中區”
  • Dutch: “Naka-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement central”
  • French: “Arrondissement Centrale”
  • French: “arrondissement Naka”
  • French: “Naka-ku”
  • German: “Naka-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Naka-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Naka-ku, Hiroshima”
  • Irish: “Naka-ku”
  • Italian: “Naka-ku (Hiroshima)”
  • Italian: “Naka-ku”
  • Japanese: “Naka-ku”
  • Japanese: “なかく”
  • Japanese: “中区”
  • Japanese: “広島市中区”
  • Korean: “나카 구 (히로시마 시)”
  • Korean: “나카 구”
  • Korean: “나카구”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naka-ku”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Naka-ku”
  • Portuguese: “Naka-ku”
  • Russian: “Нака-ку, Хиросима”
  • Russian: “Нака”
  • Spanish: “Naka-ku”
  • Swedish: “Naka-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตนากะ”
  • Turkish: “Naka, Hiroshima”
  • Ukrainian: “Нака-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Нака”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нака-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нака”
  • Venetian: “Naka-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Naka-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Naka, Hiroshima”
  • Vietnamese: “Naka”

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