Chūō-ku

Chūō-ku is one of the ten wards in , , . Chūō-ku means "central ward" in Japanese. City administration and entertainment facilities are centred in this ward.
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  • Type: Suburb with 238,000 residents
  • Description: one of the ten wards of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also known as: “Chuo”, “Chūō”, “Chuo Ku”, “Chūō Ku”, “Chuo Ward”, “Chuo-ku”, and “Chūō-ku, Sapporo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau and Ōdōri Park.

Government office
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The Central Circuit covers the western and central parts of the northern island of .

Park
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Odori Park is a park located in the heart of , , Japan. Ōdōri means "large street" in Japanese. It stretches east to west through Nishi 1 chōme, Ōdōri to Nishi 12 chōme, Ōdōri, and divides the city into north and south sections.

Museum
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is a wooden structure and tourist attraction located at North 1 West 2, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, the largest city on the island of Hokkaidō, Japan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Kita-ku.

Suburb
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is one of the 10 wards in , Hokkaidō, . It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to , Chūō-ku, , Ebetsu, Tōbetsu.

Suburb
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is a ward of composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. is situated 4 km north of Chūō-ku.

Suburb
is a ward of composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges. is situated 4 km northwest of Chūō-ku.

Chūō-ku

Latitude
43.0553° or 43° 3′ 19″ north
Longitude
141.341° or 141° 20′ 28″ east
Population
238,000
Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)
Open location code
8RM3384R+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 364094940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7429523
Wiki­data ID
Q1079635
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Chūō-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Chūō (Sapporo)”
  • Catalan: “Chūō”
  • Cebuano: “Chūō-ku”
  • Chinese: “中央区”
  • Chinese: “中央區”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Kvartalo”
  • French: “Chuo-ku”
  • French: “Chūō-ku”
  • Galician: “Chuo-ku”
  • German: “Chuo-ku”
  • German: “Chūō-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Csúó-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Chūō-ku, Sapporo”
  • Irish: “Chuo-ku”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku (Sapporo)”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku”
  • Japanese: “Chūō-Ku”
  • Japanese: “ちゅうおうく”
  • Japanese: “チュウオウク”
  • Japanese: “中央区”
  • Japanese: “札幌市中央区”
  • Korean: “주오구”
  • Persian: “چوئو-کو، ساپورو”
  • Polish: “Chuo-ku”
  • Polish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Polish: “Chuo”
  • Polish: “Chūō”
  • Portuguese: “Chuo-ku (Sapporo)”
  • Portuguese: “Chuo-ku”
  • Russian: “Тюо-ку”
  • Spanish: “barrio Chūō (Sapporo)”
  • Spanish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Swedish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตชูโอ”
  • Turkish: “Chūō, Sapporo”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Чюо”
  • Ukrainian: “Тюо”
  • Urdu: “چوو وارڈ، ساپورو”
  • Vietnamese: “Chūō, Sapporo”
  • Yue Chinese: “中央区”
  • Yue Chinese: “中央區”
  • “Chūō”
  • “Chūō-ku”
  • “ちゅうおうく”
  • “中央区”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chūō-ku ward office in Sapporo city and 中央区民センター図書室.

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