Nishikan-ku, Niigata

Location of Nishikan-ku in Niigata City

Nishikan-ku (西蒲区, Nishikan-ku) is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The ward was created on April 1, 2007 when Niigata became a government-designated city .

Nishikan-ku is composed of five former independent districts. They were the towns and villages of Maki, Nishikawa, Iwamuro, Katahigashi and Nakanokuchi.

External links

Media related to Nishikan-ku, Niigata at Wikimedia Commons

• Niigata official website (Japanese)
• Niigata Nishikan-ku website (Japanese)

Niigata Prefecture Niigata (capital city) Kita-ku Higashi-ku Chūō-ku Kōnan-ku Akiha-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Nishikan-ku Cities Agano Gosen Itoigawa Jōetsu Kamo Kashiwazaki Minamiuonuma Mitsuke Murakami Myōkō Nagaoka Niigata (capital) Ojiya Sado Sanjō Shibata Tainai Tōkamachi Tsubame Uonuma Districts Higashikanbara Iwafune Kariwa Kitakanbara Minamikanbara Minamiuonuma Nakauonuma Nishikanbara Santō See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 37°45′38″N 138°53′21″E / 37.76056°N 138.88917°E / 37.76056; 138.88917