is one of eight wards in the city of

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

, Japan. The

Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was an airport in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Nishi Ward, located southwest of Hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Japan. History Hiroshima's first airport, , opened on a nearby island in Naka-ku, Hiroshima in 1940. It was largely destroyed during the atomic ...

was located in Nishi-ku.

Geography

The ward of Nishi-ku is in the southwest part of

. There are many mountains, but the other wards are mostly larger in area. There are many mountains in the north of the ward of Nishi-ku, and its width (

geographic plane Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

) is very narrow. It borders the ocean (

Hiroshima Bay is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hiroshima Wan" in . Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay's shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about 1,000 km², ...

) to the south.

Neighbors

*North: Asaminami Ward *East: Center Ward *South:

*West: Saeki Ward

Economy

Sporting equipment companies

Mikasa Sports is a Japanese sports equipment and athletic goods company with its international corporate headquarters located in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Chūgoku. Specializing in equipment for ball games, the balls manufactured by Mikasa for sports footbal ...

and

Molten Corporation is a sports equipment and automotive parts company based in Hiroshima, Japan. Molten is mostly known for manufacturing balls for several team sports, with a range of products that includes American footballs, association footballs, basketbal ...

have their headquarters in Nishi-ku.会社概要
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References

Wards of Hiroshima {{hiroshima-geo-stub