Higashi-ku
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. As of 1 September 2016, the ward had an estimated population of 136,224 in 60,830 households and a population density of 3500 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 138,000 residents
- Description: one of eight wards of the City of Niigata, Japan
- Also known as: “Higashi Ward” and “Higashi-ku, Niigata”
- Postal code: 950-8709
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niigata Airport and Higashi-Niigata Station.
Niigata Airport
Aerodrome
Niigata Airport is an international airport located 6.7 km northeast of Niigata Station in Niigata, Japan.
Higashi-Niigata Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Higashi-Niigata Station is a railway station on the Hakushin Line operated by East Japan Railway Company in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Japan.
Ōgata Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ōgata Station is a train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chūō-ku.
Chūō-ku
Suburb
Photo: Breakover, Public domain.
Chūō-ku is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It comprises much of the city centre. As of 1 September 2018, the ward had an estimated population of 183,231 in 87,162 households and a population density of 4,900 persons per km2. Chūō-ku is situated 6 km west of Higashi-ku.
Higashi-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Niigata, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.9328° or 37° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
139.1058° or 139° 6′ 21″ eastPopulation
138,000Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
8Q9XW4M4+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 752398439OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7468170Wikidata ID
Q711707
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Higashi-ku” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Higashi Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Niigata-ken)”
- Cebuano: “Higashi Ku”
- Chinese: “东区”
- Chinese: “東區”
- Czech: “Higaši-ku”
- Czech: “東区”
- French: “Higashi-ku”
- German: “Higashi-ku”
- Hungarian: “Higasi-ku”
- Irish: “Higashi-ku”
- Italian: “Higashi-ku (Niigata)”
- Italian: “Higashi-ku”
- Japanese: “Higashi-ku”
- Japanese: “ひがしく”
- Japanese: “ヒガシク”
- Japanese: “新潟市東区”
- Japanese: “東区 (新潟市)”
- Japanese: “東区”
- Korean: “히가시구”
- Lithuanian: “Higaši-ku”
- Lithuanian: “東区”
- Persian: “هیگاشی-کو، نیگاتا”
- Persian: “هیگاشی-کو”
- Russian: “Хигаси-ку”
- Spanish: “Higashi-ku”
- Ukrainian: “Район Хіґасі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Хіґаші”
- Urdu: “ہیگاشی وارڈ، نیگاتا”
- Urdu: “ہیگاشی وارڈ”
- Venetian: “Higashi-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Higashi, Niigata”
- Vietnamese: “Higashi”
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