Chūō-ku, Kobe

Chūō (中央区, Chūō-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 28.46 km², and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku (葺合区) and Ikuta-ku (生田区).

Chūō-ku 中央区
Ward of Kobe
Kobe Kitano weather vane house
Location of Chūō-ku in Kobe
Chūō-ku
Coordinates: 34°41′26″N 135°11′45″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kinki (Kansai)
Prefecture	Hyōgo
City	Kobe
Area
• Total	28.46 km2 (10.99 sq mi)
Population  (January 31, 2012)
• Total	127,602
• Density	4,483.56/km2 (11,612.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Flower	Petunia
Phone number	078-232-1411
Address	5-1-1 Kumoi-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken 651-8570
Website	www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/chuou/foreign/english/

The Consulate-General of Panama in Kobe is located on the eighth floor of the Moriyama Building in Chūō-ku.^[1] Also in the ward are the headquarters of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Sysmex Corporation, a global medical devices manufacturing company and TOA Corporation, an electronics company.^[2][3][4]

Places of note

• Port of Kobe
• Port Island
• Kobe Port Tower
• Harborland
• Kobe Airport

Education

International schools:

• Kobe Chinese School, a mainland China-oriented Chinese international school^[5]
• Kobe Korean Elementary and Junior High School (神戸朝鮮初中級学校), a North Korea-oriented Korean international school^[6]

Gallery

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  Nunobiki Falls
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  Kobe Nunobiki Herb Park
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  Ikuta shrine
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  Kobe Sorakuen Park