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Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered by the , , and also by the city of and the town of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 93,200 residents
  • Description: one of the five wards of the City of Kumamoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Nishi Ward” and “Nishi-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aqua Dome Kumamoto and Chihen-ji.

Stadium
Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, . The capacity of the arena is 6,400 and was opened in 1998.

Archaeological site
ruins is an archeological site with the ruins of a Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Ikegami neighborhood of the city of Kumamoto, . The temple no longer exists, and its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1997.

Railway station
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Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of , , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. is situated 4 km east of Nishi-ku.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku.

Suburb
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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. is situated 6 km northeast of Nishi-ku.

Nishi-ku

Latitude
32.7765° or 32° 46′ 36″ north
Longitude
130.6476° or 130° 38′ 51″ east
Population
93,200
Elevation
420 metres (1,378 feet)
Open location code
8Q4GQJGX+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3049843051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739910
Wiki­data ID
Q877003
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Нісі-Ку”
  • Belarusian: “Нішы-Ку”
  • Catalan: “Nishi-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Nishi-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Kumamoto-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Nishi-ku”
  • Chinese: “西区”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Danish: “Nishi-ku”
  • French: “Nishi-ku”
  • German: “Nishi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Irish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku (Kumamoto)”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Nishi-Ku”
  • Japanese: “にしく”
  • Japanese: “熊本市西区”
  • Japanese: “西区 (熊本市)”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “니시구”
  • Russian: “Ниси”
  • Serbian: “Ниши-ку”
  • Turkish: “Nishi, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 城山公園テニスコート and 城山公園.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nishi-ku”. Photo: 瑞穂の国, CC BY-SA 3.0.