Aoba

Aoba-ku is one of five wards of , the largest city in the of Japan. Aoba-ku encompasses 302.278 km² and had a population of 296,551, with 147,622 households as of March 1, 2012.
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  • Type: Suburb with 315,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Aoba Ward”, “Aoba-ku”, and “Aoba-ku, Sendai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sendai Castle and Sendai City Museum.

Castle
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Aoba Castle is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, daimyō of Sendai Domain.

Museum
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The is the main of Sendai, , and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle. The museum displays various artifacts related to the Date clan and the history of Sendai.

Railway station
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is a JR East railway station located in Aoba-ku in Sendai, . Its official English name is Aobadori Avenue. There is a direct transfer gate between the platform of this station to the platform of the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Sendai Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyagino and Wakabayashi.

Suburb
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Miyagino-ku is the northeastern ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 July 2017, the ward had a population of 196,086 and a population density of 3370 persons per km2 in 91322 households. is situated 3½ km east of Aoba.

Suburb
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Wakabayashi-ku is the eastern ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 June 2019, the ward had a population of 138,102 and a population density of 2715 persons per km² in 63583 households. is situated 4 km southeast of Aoba.

Suburb
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is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in , . As of 1 March 2023, the ward had a population of 234,391 and a population density of 1028 persons per km2 in 113,068 households. is situated 5 km south of Aoba.

Aoba

Latitude
38.2691° or 38° 16′ 9″ north
Longitude
140.8705° or 140° 52′ 14″ east
Population
315,000
Elevation
282 metres (925 feet)
Open location code
8RC27V9C+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 752184873
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7446989
Wiki­data ID
Q1042308
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aoba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوبا-كو”
  • Catalan: “Aoba-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Aoba-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon)”
  • Cebuano: “Aoba-ku”
  • Chinese: “青叶区”
  • Chinese: “青葉區”
  • Danish: “Aoba-ku”
  • Dutch: “Aoba-ku”
  • French: “Aoba-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement d’Aoba”
  • German: “Aoba-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Aoba-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Aoba-ku, Sendai”
  • Irish: “Aoba-ku”
  • Italian: “Aoba-ku”
  • Japanese: “Aoba-ku”
  • Japanese: “あおばく”
  • Japanese: “仙台市青葉区”
  • Japanese: “青葉区 (仙台市)”
  • Japanese: “青葉区”
  • Korean: “아오바구”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aoba-ku”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aoba-ku”
  • Persian: “آئوبا-کو، سندای”
  • Polish: “Aoba-ku”
  • Polish: “Aoba”
  • Portuguese: “Aoba-ku”
  • Russian: “Айоба”
  • Slovenian: “Aoba”
  • Spanish: “Aoba-ku”
  • Swedish: “Aoba-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตอาโอบะ”
  • Turkish: “Aoba, Sendai”
  • Ukrainian: “Аоба”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Аоба”
  • Urdu: “آوبا وارڈ، سیندائی”
  • Venetian: “Aoba-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Aoba, Sendai”

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Notable Places Nearby

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