Nishi
Nishi-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 161,884 in 68,119 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: 恩田透, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 162,000 residents
- Description: one of the eight wards of the City of Niigata
- Also known as: “Nishi Ward”, “Nishi-ku”, and “Nishi-ku, Niigata”
- Postal code: 950-2097
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niigata University Station and Terao Station.
Niigata University Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niigata University Station is a train station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Terao Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terao Station is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Kobari Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kobari Station is a railway station on the Echigo Line in Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sekiya.
Sekiya
Neighborhood
Photo: Breakover, Public domain.
Sekiya is a neighborhood, which is situated 6 km northeast of Nishi.
Nishi
- Categories: ward of Japan, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Niigata, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.8743° or 37° 52′ 27″ northLongitude
138.9719° or 138° 58′ 19″ eastPopulation
162,000Open location code
8Q9WVXFC+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 752398717OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Nishi” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nishi Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Niigata-ken)”
- Cebuano: “Nishi Ku”
- Chinese: “西区”
- Chinese: “西區”
- Czech: “Niši-ku”
- Czech: “西区”
- Dutch: “Nishi-ku”
- French: “Nishi-ku”
- German: “Nishi-ku”
- Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
- Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Niigata”
- Irish: “Nishi-ku”
- Italian: “Nishi-ku (Niigata)”
- Italian: “Nishi-ku”
- Japanese: “Nishi-ku”
- Japanese: “にしく”
- Japanese: “ニシク”
- Japanese: “新潟市西区”
- Japanese: “西区 (新潟市)”
- Japanese: “西区”
- Korean: “니시구”
- Lithuanian: “Niši-ku”
- Lithuanian: “西区”
- Persian: “نیشی-کو، نیگاتا”
- Persian: “نیشی-کو”
- Russian: “Ниси-ку”
- Spanish: “Nishi-ku”
- Turkish: “Nishi, Niigata”
- Ukrainian: “Нісі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Нісі”
- Ukrainian: “Район Ніші”
- Venetian: “Nishi-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Nishi, Niigata”
- Vietnamese: “Nishi”
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