is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072 (2018). This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.
Demographics +Foreigners in Nagata-ku, Kobe Nationality Population (2018) 4,485 1,486 744 Others 458 In recent years Nagata-ku's overall population has been decreasing, but the number of foreign residents has been increasing. Nagata-ku now has the largest Korean and Vietnamese communities in Kobe.
Education
West Kobe Korean Elementary School (西神戸朝鮮初級学校), a North Korean school, is in the ward."ウリハッキョ一覧" (). Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.
The South Korean government maintains the Korean Education Center (, ) in this ward.
References
External links
Official website of Nagata-ku, Kobe