Japan
Chugoku
Okayama

Naka-ku

Naka-ku is one of four wards of , , Japan. The ward has an area of 51.24 km2 and a population of 138,949. The population density is 2,711 inhabitants per square kilometer.
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  • Type: Suburb with 144,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Okayama City in Japan
  • Also known as: “Naka Ward” and “Naka-ku, Okayama”
  • Postal code: 7038256

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crow Castle and Kōraku-en.

Castle
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in in . The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966.

Park
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a located in , . It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with and .

Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
is a museum in , . It was built to house important artifacts from the prefecture dating from prehistory through modern times.

Naka-ku

Latitude
34.6671° or 34° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
133.9539° or 133° 57′ 14″ east
Population
144,000
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8Q6MMX83+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1909501425
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739915
Wiki­data ID
Q852116
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Naka-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Naka-ku”
  • Catalan: “Naka”
  • Cebuano: “Naka-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Okayama-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Naka-ku”
  • Chinese: “中区”
  • Chinese: “中區”
  • French: “arrondissement central”
  • French: “Naka-ku”
  • German: “Naka-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Naka-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Naka-ku, Okayama”
  • Irish: “Naka-ku”
  • Italian: “Naka-ku (Okayama)”
  • Italian: “Naka-ku”
  • Italian: “Quartiere Naka”
  • Japanese: “Naka-ku”
  • Japanese: “なかく”
  • Japanese: “中区”
  • Japanese: “岡山市中区”
  • Korean: “나카구”
  • Russian: “Нака-ку”
  • Russian: “Нака”
  • Spanish: “Naka-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตนากะ”
  • Turkish: “Naka, Okayama”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нака”
  • Venetian: “Naka-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Naka, Okayama”
  • Vietnamese: “Naka”

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