Nishi西区

Nishi-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Nishi (西区, Nishi-ku) is a ward of Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 212,579 (2020 census), area 84.15 km². Borders 2 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

西区

Reading

Nishi-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Fukuoka City 福岡市

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

212,579 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+2.8% from 206,868

Area

84.15 km²

Density

2,526 people per km²

Households

95,698

Under 15

14.3%

65 and over

24.1%

Foreign residents

3,267 (1.5%)

Code

40135 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/nishi/index.html

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

2 places share a land border with Nishi, 1 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Sawara Ward早良区
• Itoshima City糸島市

Questions about Nishi

Is Nishi a city?

Nishi (西区) is a ward of Fukuoka (福岡市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Nishi?

Nishi is inside Fukuoka (福岡市), in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Nishi?

212,579 at the 2020 census, up 2.8% from 206,868 in 2015. The area is 84.15 km², which is 2,526 people per km². 95,698 households. 24.1% of residents are 65 or older and 14.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Nishi?

Two: Sawara Ward (早良区) and Itoshima City (糸島市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Nishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Nishi written in Japanese?

西区, read Nishi-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Nishi begin?

福岡県福岡市西区… (Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, Nishi-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.