Chūō-ku, Kobe

Chūō-ku 中央区
Ward of Kobe
Kobe Kitano weather vane house
Location of Chūō-ku in Kobe City
Chūō-ku
Coordinates: 34°41′26″N 135°11′45″E / 34.69056°N 135.19583°ECoordinates: 34°41′26″N 135°11′45″E / 34.69056°N 135.19583°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kinki (Kansai)
Prefecture	Hyogo
City	Kobe
Area
• Total	28.46 km^2 (10.99 sq mi)
Population (January 31, 2012)
• Total	127,602
• Density	4,483.56/km^2 (11,612.4/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- 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.jp/cityoffice/83/gaikoku/english.html

Chūō (中央区 Chūō-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in 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 and Ikuta-ku.

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^[2] and Sysmex Corporation, a global medical devices manufacturing company.^[3]

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^[4]
• Kobe Korean Elementary and Junior High School (神戸朝鮮初中級学校), a North Korea-oriented Korean international school^[5]

Gallery

Nunobiki Falls  Kobe Nunobiki Herb Park  Ikuta shrine  Kobe Sorakuen Park

References

1. "List of Consulates in Kansai Area." Creation Core Higashi Osaka. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
2. "Company Outline." Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Retrieved on January 24, 2015.
3. "Corporate Profile." Sysmex Corporation. Retrieved on January 21, 2015.
4. Home page. Kobe Chinese School. Retrieved on April 11, 2015. "〒650-0004　兵庫県神戸市中央区中山手通６丁目９番１号"
5. "ウリハッキョ一覧" (Archive). Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.

External links

• Official website