Nagata-ku, Kobe


Nagata is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km², and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Demographics

Nearly, Nagata-ku's population is deceasing, but foreigners are increasing.
Nagata-ku has the largest Korean and Vietnamese Communities in Kobe.

Education

West Kobe Korean Elementary School, a North Korean school, is in the ward.
The South Korean government maintains the Korean Education Center in this ward.