is one of seven

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

s of

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was . Overview Ha ...

, Japan, located in the southwest corner of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and the city of Kosai. The 3rd largest ward of Hamamatsu in terms of area, much of the ward is still rural, with farms and rice fields. Nishi-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a

city designated by government ordinance A , also known as a or , is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law. Designated cities are delegate ...

(a "designated city"). Nishi-ku is served by

Maisaka Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ). Lines Maisaka Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 267.5 kilometers from the ...

and

Bentenjima Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ). Lines Bentenjima Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 269.8 kilometers from ...

on the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

railway.

Education

International schools: *

Mundo de Alegria Mundo, meaning "world" in Spanish and Portuguese, may refer to: Places * Mundo (river), a river in south-eastern Spain People * Mundo (general) (died 536), East Roman general * Carles Mundó (born 1976), Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalo ...

- Peruvian school ( ペルー学校) and Brazilian primary schoolUbicación y Acceso
" Mundo de Alegría. Retrieved on October 24, 2015. "〒431-0102 Shizuoka-ken Hamamatsu-shi　Nishi-ku Yuto-cho Ubumi 9611-1"

"住所〒431-0102 静岡県　浜松市　西区　雄踏町　宇布見　9611-1"Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão
(). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. "3. Colégio Mundo de Alegria (Hamamatsu) ..ndereço: 9611-1 Ubumi, Yuto-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-0102"

References

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