Chūō-ku
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 182,000 residents
- Description: ward of Niigata, Niigata, Japan
- Also known as: “Chuo”, “Chuo Ku”, “Chuo Ward”, “Chuo-ku”, and “Chūō-ku, Niigata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niigata Station and Hakusan.
Niigata Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niigata Station is a major railway station in Hanazono 1-chome, Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. The station is in the center of Niigata City, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu.
Hakusan
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hakusan Station is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Kamitokoro
Railway station
Kamitokoro Station is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Shimotokorojima 1-chome, Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Sekiya.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Altomarina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Higashi-ku is situated 6 km east of Chūō-ku.
Chūō-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan, administrative territorial entity, city designated by government ordinance, and locality
- Location: Niigata, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9226° or 37° 55′ 21″ northLongitude
139.0429° or 139° 2′ 35″ eastPopulation
182,000Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
8Q9XW2FV+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 752398529OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7468171Wikidata ID
Q711787
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Chūō-ku” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տյուո-կու”
- Cebuano: “Chūō Ku”
- Chinese: “中央区”
- Chinese: “中央區”
- Czech: “Čúó-ku”
- Czech: “中央区”
- Dutch: “Chūō-ku”
- French: “Chuo-ku”
- French: “Chūō-ku”
- French: “Niigata”
- German: “Chuo-ku”
- German: “Chūō-ku”
- Hungarian: “Csúó-ku”
- Irish: “Chūō-ku”
- Italian: “Chūō-ku (Niigata)”
- Italian: “Chūō-ku”
- Japanese: “Chuo-ki”
- Japanese: “ちゅうおうく”
- Japanese: “チュウオウク”
- Japanese: “ちゅうおく”
- Japanese: “中央区 (新潟市)”
- Japanese: “中央区”
- Japanese: “新潟市中央区”
- Korean: “주오구”
- Persian: “چوئو-کو، نیگاتا”
- Persian: “چوئو-کو”
- Russian: “Тюо-ку”
- Spanish: “Chūō-ku”
- Thai: “เขตชูโอ”
- Ukrainian: “Район Чюо”
- Ukrainian: “Тюо”
- Urdu: “چوو وارڈ، نیگاتا”
- Urdu: “چوو وارڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Chūō, Niigata”
- Vietnamese: “Chūō”
- “Chūō-ku”
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