Nishi-ku, Kobe
is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... It has an area of 137.86 km², and a population of 248,407 (2008). ''Nishi'' in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city. External links Official website of Nishi-ku, Kobe Wards of Kobe {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nishi-ku In Kobe City
is a common ward name in many Japanese cities. * Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Kōbe, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Nagoya, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Niigata, in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Ōsaka, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Saitama, in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Sakai, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Sapporo, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 93,027 and a density of 13,210 persons per km². The total area was 7.04 km². Geography Nishi Ward is locat ..., in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture See also * Western District (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wards Of Japan
A is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Chapter 17: Government System (Retrieved on July 4, 2009) Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about west of Osaka and southwest of Kyoto. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the '' Nihon Shoki'', which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201.Ikuta Shrine official website – "History of Ikuta Shrine" (Japanese) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |