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Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...

, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km², and a population of 96,072 (2018). This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the

Great Hanshin earthquake The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and h ...

Demographics

Nearly, Nagata-ku's population is decreasing, but foreigners are increasing. Nagata-ku has the largest Korean and Vietnamese Communities in Kobe.

Education

West Kobe Korean Elementary School ( 西神戸朝鮮初級学校), a North Korean school, is in the ward. The South Korean government maintains the Korean Education Center ( ko, 고베한국교육원, ja, 神戸韓国教育院) in this ward.

References

External links

Official website of Nagata-ku, Kobe
Wards of Kobe {{Hyogo-geo-stub