User:Athomeinkobe/Wards
The city of Kobe is divided into nine administrative wards.
Functions of each ward[edit]
List of wards[edit]
| Flag | Name | Kanji | Established | Population [notes 1][1] |
Area (km²)[notes 1][1] |
Symbols | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower[2] | Mascot | ||||||
| Chūō | 中央区 | 1 December 1980 | 137,575 | 28.97 | Petunia | Kamomen (かもめん)[3] | |
| Higashinada | 東灘区 | 1 April 1950 | 213,925 | 34.02 | Plum blossom | - | |
| Hyōgo | 兵庫区 | 1 September 1931[notes 2] | 107,325 | 14.68 | Pansy | Ha-ton (ハートン, Hāton)[4] | |
| Kita | 北区 | 1 August 1973 | 218,700 | 240.29 | Lily of the valley, Chrysanthemum |
Kita-ru (キタールさん, Kitāru-san)[5] | |
| Nada | 灘区 | 1 April 1929 | 136,684 | 32.66 | Marigold | - | |
| Nagata | 長田区 | 1 May 1945 | 97,507 | 11.36 | Scarlet sage | Naatan (なぁタン, Nātan)[6] | |
| Nishi | 西区 | 1 August 1982[7] | 245,364 | 240.29 | Dianthus | Kobe Weston (神戸ウエストン, Kōbe Uesuton)[8] | |
| Suma | 須磨区 | 1 September 1931[9] | 161,595 | 28.93 | Cosmos | Sumabou (すまぼう)[10] | |
| Tarumi | 垂水区 | 1 November 1946[11] | 219,489 | 28.11 | Geranium | Goshikimaro (ごしきまろ)[12] | |
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City of Kobe | 神戸市 | 1 April 1889[13] | 1,538,164 | 557.02 | Hydrangea | - |
Former wards[edit]
| No. | Flag | Name | Kanji | Established | Dissloved | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukiai | 葺合区 | 1 September 1931 | 1 December 1980 | Merged with Ikuta to form Chūō | |
| 2 | Hayashida | 林田区 | 1 September 1931 | 1 May 1945 | Merged with part of Suma to form Nagata | |
| 3 | Ikuta | 生田区 | 1 May 1945 | 1 December 1980 | Merged with Fukiai to form Chūō | |
| 4 | Kobe | 神戸区 | 1 September 1931 | 1 May 1945 | *Eastern part merged with part of Sōtō to form Ikuta *Western part merged into Hyogo | |
| 5 | Minato | 湊区 | 1 September 1931 | 1 May 1945 | Merged into Hyogo | |
| 6 | Sōtō | 湊東区 | 1 September 1931 | 1 May 1945 | * Eastern part merged with Kobe to form Ikuta * Western part merged into Hyogo |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pocket Statistics: Outline of Kobe". City of Kobe. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "神戸のシンボル" [Kobe's Symbols] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "かもめんオフィシャルホームページ" [Kamomen's Official Website] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "ハートンの部屋" [Ha-ton's Room] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "キタールさんのページ" [Kita-ru's Page] (in Japanese). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "なぁタン オフィシャルホームページ" [Naatan's Official Website]. City of Kobe. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "西区の概要 メニューページ" [Outline of Nishi Ward - Menu Page] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "西区マスコットキャラクター「神戸ウエストン」 メニューページ" [Nishi Ward's Mascot Character "Kobe Weston" - Menu Page] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "須磨区の概要" [Outline of Suma Ward] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "須磨区マスコットキャラクター すまぼう" [Suma's Mascot Character Sumabou] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "ミニ区史" [Mini ward history] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "ごしきまろのページ" [Goshikimaro's page] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "市域変遷図" [City Boundary Changes] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 1 April 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2017.