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Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in Nishi-ku.
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  • Type: Suburb with 191,000 residents
  • Description: one of the eight wards of the City of Hiroshima
  • Also known as: “Nishi Ward” and “Nishi-ku, Hiroshima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carp castle and Shima Naika Hospital.

Museum
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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.

Hospital
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Shima Hospital is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in , . It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena located in , . The original arena was built sometime shortly after World War II. The arena was rebuilt for the 1994 Asian Games.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naka-ku and Minami-ku.

Suburb
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is the heart of , , . 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.

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. is situated 3½ km southeast of Nishi-ku.

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. is situated 4½ km east of Nishi-ku.

Nishi-ku

Latitude
34.394° or 34° 23′ 38″ north
Longitude
132.4344° or 132° 26′ 4″ east
Population
191,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9CVM+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 384246928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7374296
Wiki­data ID
Q73729
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيشي-كو”
  • Armenian: “Նիսի”
  • Catalan: “Nishi-ku”
  • Catalan: “Nishi”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Dutch: “Nishi-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement de Nishi”
  • French: “arrondissement Ouest”
  • French: “Nishi-ku”
  • German: “Nishi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Hiroshima”
  • Irish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku (Hiroshima)”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “にしく”
  • Japanese: “広島市西区”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “니시 구”
  • Korean: “니시구”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nishi-ku”
  • Russian: “Ниси-ку, Хиросима”
  • Russian: “Ниси”
  • Spanish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตนิชิ”
  • Turkish: “Nishi, Hiroşima”
  • Ukrainian: “Нісі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нісі”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Ніші”
  • Venetian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi, Hiroshima”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi”

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