Nishi-ku

Nishi is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 137.86 km2, and a population of 248,407. Nishi in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city.
  • Suburb with about 234,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (320 feet)
  • Description: one of the nine wards of the City of Kobe
  • Also known as
    “Nishi Ward”
    “Nishi-ku, Kobe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plenty (shopping center) and Kobe Archeology Center.
Metro station
Seishin-Chūō Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, , , .
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Latitude
34.7207° or 34° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude
135.0194° or 135° 1′ 10″ east
Open location code
8Q6QP2C9+7Q
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
نيشي-كوArabic
Նիշի-կուArmenian
NishiCatalan
Nishi-kuCatalan
Nishi-kuCebuano
Nishi-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Hyōgo-ken)Cebuano
西区Chinese
西區Chinese
Nishi-kuDutch
Nisi-kuHungarian
Nishi-ku, KobeIndonesian
Nishi-kuIrish
Nishi-kuItalian
Nishi-ku (Kōbe)Italian
Nishi-kuJapanese
神戸市西区Japanese
西区Japanese
니시구Korean
NisiLatvian
Ниси-куRussian
НишиRussian
เขตนิชิThai
Nishi, KobeTurkish
Nishi-kuVenetian
Nishi, KobeVietnamese

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