Nagata-ku, Kobe

Nagata (長田区) 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
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.

The South Korean government maintains the Korean Education Center (고베한국교육원, 神戸韓国教育院) in this ward.