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Chūō-ku

Chūō-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . The ward is located in the center of the city. As of 2012, it has a population of 183,497 people and an area of 25.33 km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 186,000 residents
  • Description: one of the five wards of the City of Kumamoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Chuo Ward” and “Chūō-ku, Kumamoto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kumamoto Castle and Kumamoto.

Park
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is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, , in . It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle.

Railway station
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Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the ward of the city of , , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Museum
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opened in the precincts of , , in 1976. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Nishi-ku.

Suburb
is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the , Chūō-ku, and also by the towns of , and . is situated 6 km southeast of Chūō-ku.

Suburb
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is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered by the , Chūō-ku, and also by the city of and the town of . is situated 6 km southwest of Chūō-ku.

Chūō-ku

Latitude
32.8031° or 32° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
130.7079° or 130° 42′ 29″ east
Population
186,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GRP35+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3049850599
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739908
Wiki­data ID
Q137716
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Chūō-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Chūō-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Chuo-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Kumamoto-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Chuo-ku”
  • Chinese: “中央区”
  • Chinese: “中央區”
  • Dutch: “Chūō-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement de Chūō”
  • French: “Chūō-ku”
  • German: “Chuo-ku”
  • German: “Chūō-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Csúó-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Chūō-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Irish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku (Kumamoto)”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku”
  • Japanese: “Chuo-Ku”
  • Japanese: “ちゅうおうく”
  • Japanese: “中央区 (熊本市)”
  • Japanese: “中央区”
  • Japanese: “熊本市中央区”
  • Korean: “주오구”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chūō-ku”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chūō-ku”
  • Russian: “Тюо”
  • Serbian: “Чуо-ку”
  • Tagalog: “Chūō-ku”
  • Turkish: “Chūō, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Chūō, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Chūō”

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