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 has b ...

, Japan. The

Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was an airport in Nishi Ward, located southwest of Hiroshima City, Japan. The airport closed in November 2012, with the northern portion of the site continuing operation as Hiroshima Heliport (広島ヘリポート). History Hiroshima's fir ...

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 In astronomy, geography, and related sciences and contexts, a ''direction'' or '' plane'' passing by a given point is said to be vertical if it contains the local gravity direction at that point. Conversely, a direction, plane, or surface is sa ...

) 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 , with a mean d ...

) 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 football, ...

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, basketb ...

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

Wards of Hiroshima Nishi-ku, Hiroshima {{hiroshima-geo-stub