Wards of Japan

File:Japan wards.png Japanese cities subdivided into wards

A Template:Nihongo is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance.<ref>"Statistical Handbook of Japan 2008" by Statistics Bureau, Japan Template:Webarchive Chapter 17: Government System (Retrieved on July 4, 2009)</ref> Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a municipal status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ku, although their predecessors were.

Wards are local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as koseki registration, health insurance, and property taxation. Many wards have affiliated residents' organizations for a number of tasks, although these do not have any legal authority.

List of wards

Ward	Japanese	City	Area (km2)
Chūō	Template:Lang	Chiba	44.69
Hanamigawa	Template:Lang	Chiba	34.19
Inage	Template:Lang	Chiba	21.22
Midori	Template:Lang	Chiba	66.25
Mihama	Template:Lang	Chiba	21.20
Wakaba	Template:Lang	Chiba	84.21
Chūō	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	15.39
Hakata	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	31.62
Higashi	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	69.36
Jōnan	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	15.99
Minami	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	30.98
Sawara	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	95.87
Nishi	Template:Lang	Fukuoka	84.16
Chūō	Template:Lang	Hamamatsu	268.45
Hamana	Template:Lang	Hamamatsu	345.77
Tenryū	Template:Lang	Hamamatsu	943.84
Aki	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	94.08
Asakita	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	353.33
Asaminami	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	117.24
Higashi	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	39.42
Minami	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	26.30
Naka	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	15.32
Nishi	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	35.61
Saeki	Template:Lang	Hiroshima	225.22
Asao	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	23.25
Kawasaki	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	39.53
Miyamae	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	18.61
Nakahara	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	14.74
Saiwai	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	10.01
Takatsu	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	16.36
Tama	Template:Lang	Kawasaki	20.50
Kokurakita	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	39.23
Kokuraminami	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	171.74
Moji	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	73.67
Tobata	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	16.61
Wakamatsu	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	71.31
Yahatahigashi	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	36.26
Yahatanishi	Template:Lang	Kitakyushu	83.13
Chūō	Template:Lang	Kobe	28.97
Higashinada	Template:Lang	Kobe	34.02
Hyōgo	Template:Lang	Kobe	14.68
Kita	Template:Lang	Kobe	240.29
Nada	Template:Lang	Kobe	32.66
Nagata	Template:Lang	Kobe	11.36
Nishi	Template:Lang	Kobe	138.01
Suma	Template:Lang	Kobe	28.93
Tarumi	Template:Lang	Kobe	28.11
Chūō	Template:Lang	Kumamoto	25.45
Higashi	Template:Lang	Kumamoto	50.19
Kita	Template:Lang	Kumamoto	115.34
Minami	Template:Lang	Kumamoto	110.01
Nishi	Template:Lang	Kumamoto	89.33
Fushimi	Template:Lang	Kyoto	61.66
Higashiyama	Template:Lang	Kyoto	7.48
Kamigyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	7.03
Kita	Template:Lang	Kyoto	94.88
Minami	Template:Lang	Kyoto	15.81
Nakagyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	7.41
Nishikyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	59.24
Sakyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	246.77
Shimogyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	6.78
Ukyō	Template:Lang	Kyoto	292.07
Yamashina	Template:Lang	Kyoto	28.70
Atsuta	Template:Lang	Nagoya	8.20
Chikusa	Template:Lang	Nagoya	18.18
Higashi	Template:Lang	Nagoya	7.71
Kita	Template:Lang	Nagoya	17.53
Meitō	Template:Lang	Nagoya	19.45
Midori	Template:Lang	Nagoya	37.91
Minami	Template:Lang	Nagoya	18.46
Minato	Template:Lang	Nagoya	45.63
Mizuho	Template:Lang	Nagoya	11.22
Moriyama	Template:Lang	Nagoya	34.01
Naka	Template:Lang	Nagoya	9.38
Nakagawa	Template:Lang	Nagoya	32.02
Nakamura	Template:Lang	Nagoya	16.30
Nishi	Template:Lang	Nagoya	17.93
Shōwa	Template:Lang	Nagoya	10.94
Tenpaku	Template:Lang	Nagoya	21.58
Akiha	Template:Lang	Niigata	95.38
Chūō	Template:Lang	Niigata	37.75
Higashi	Template:Lang	Niigata	38.62
Kita	Template:Lang	Niigata	107.72
Kōnan	Template:Lang	Niigata	75.42
Minami	Template:Lang	Niigata	100.91
Nishi	Template:Lang	Niigata	94.09
Nishikan	Template:Lang	Niigata	176.55
Higashi	Template:Lang	Okayama	160.53
Kita	Template:Lang	Okayama	450.70
Minami	Template:Lang	Okayama	127.48
Naka	Template:Lang	Okayama	51.25
Abeno	Template:Lang	Osaka	5.98
Asahi	Template:Lang	Osaka	6.32
Chūō	Template:Lang	Osaka	8.87
Fukushima	Template:Lang	Osaka	4.67
Higashinari	Template:Lang	Osaka	4.54
Higashisumiyoshi	Template:Lang	Osaka	9.75
Higashiyodogawa	Template:Lang	Osaka	13.27
Hirano	Template:Lang	Osaka	15.28
Ikuno	Template:Lang	Osaka	8.37
Joto	Template:Lang	Osaka	8.38
Kita	Template:Lang	Osaka	10.34
Konohana	Template:Lang	Osaka	19.25
Minato	Template:Lang	Osaka	7.86
Miyakojima	Template:Lang	Osaka	6.08
Naniwa	Template:Lang	Osaka	4.39
Nishi	Template:Lang	Osaka	5.21
Nishinari	Template:Lang	Osaka	7.37
Nishiyodogawa	Template:Lang	Osaka	14.22
Suminoe	Template:Lang	Osaka	20.61
Sumiyoshi	Template:Lang	Osaka	9.40
Taishō	Template:Lang	Osaka	9.43
Tennōji	Template:Lang	Osaka	4.84
Tsurumi	Template:Lang	Osaka	8.17
Yodogawa	Template:Lang	Osaka	12.64
Chūō	Template:Lang	Sagamihara	36.87
Midori	Template:Lang	Sagamihara	253.68
Minami	Template:Lang	Sagamihara	38.11
Chūō	Template:Lang	Saitama	8.39
Iwatsuki	Template:Lang	Saitama	49.17
Kita	Template:Lang	Saitama	16.86
Midori	Template:Lang	Saitama	26.44
Minami	Template:Lang	Saitama	13.82
Minuma	Template:Lang	Saitama	30.69
Nishi	Template:Lang	Saitama	29.12
Omiya	Template:Lang	Saitama	12.80
Sakura	Template:Lang	Saitama	18.64
Urawa	Template:Lang	Saitama	11.51
Higashi	Template:Lang	Sakai	10.49
Kita	Template:Lang	Sakai	15.60
Mihara	Template:Lang	Sakai	13.20
Minami	Template:Lang	Sakai	40.39
Naka	Template:Lang	Sakai	17.88
Nishi	Template:Lang	Sakai	28.61
Sakai	Template:Lang	Sakai	23.65
Atsubetsu	Template:Lang	Sapporo	24.38
Chūō	Template:Lang	Sapporo	46.42
Higashi	Template:Lang	Sapporo	56.97
Kita	Template:Lang	Sapporo	63.57
Kiyota	Template:Lang	Sapporo	59.87
Minami	Template:Lang	Sapporo	657.48
Nishi	Template:Lang	Sapporo	75.10
Shiroishi	Template:Lang	Sapporo	34.47
Teine	Template:Lang	Sapporo	56.77
Toyohira	Template:Lang	Sapporo	46.23
Aoba	Template:Lang	Sendai	302.24
Izumi	Template:Lang	Sendai	146.61
Miyagino	Template:Lang	Sendai	58.19
Taihaku	Template:Lang	Sendai	228.39
Wakabayashi	Template:Lang	Sendai	50.86
Aoi	Template:Lang	Shizuoka	1,073.76
Shimizu-	Template:Lang	Shizuoka	265.09
Suruga	Template:Lang	Shizuoka	73.05
Aoba	Template:Lang	Yokohama	35.22
Asahi	Template:Lang	Yokohama	32.73
Hodogaya	Template:Lang	Yokohama	21.93
Isogo	Template:Lang	Yokohama	19.05
Izumi	Template:Lang	Yokohama	23.58
Kanagawa	Template:Lang	Yokohama	23.73
Kanazawa	Template:Lang	Yokohama	30.96
Kōhoku	Template:Lang	Yokohama	31.40
Kōnan	Template:Lang	Yokohama	19.90
Midori	Template:Lang	Yokohama	25.51
Minami	Template:Lang	Yokohama	12.65
Naka	Template:Lang	Yokohama	21.20
Nishi	Template:Lang	Yokohama	7.03
Sakae	Template:Lang	Yokohama	18.52
Seya	Template:Lang	Yokohama	17.17
Totsuka	Template:Lang	Yokohama	35.79
Tsurumi	Template:Lang	Yokohama	33.23
Tsuzuki	Template:Lang	Yokohama	27.87

Special wards of Tokyo

The special wards of Tokyo are not normal wards in the usual sense of the term, but instead are administrative units governed similarly to cities.

Ward	Japanese	Metropolis	Area (km2)
Adachi	Template:Lang	Tokyo	53.25
Arakawa	Template:Lang	Tokyo	10.16
Bunkyō	Template:Lang	Tokyo	11.29
Chiyoda	Template:Lang	Tokyo	11.66
Chūō	Template:Lang	Tokyo	10.21
Edogawa	Template:Lang	Tokyo	49.90
Itabashi	Template:Lang	Tokyo	32.22
Katsushika	Template:Lang	Tokyo	34.80
Kita	Template:Lang	Tokyo	20.61
Kōtō	Template:Lang	Tokyo	40.16
Meguro	Template:Lang	Tokyo	14.67
Minato	Template:Lang	Tokyo	20.37
Nakano	Template:Lang	Tokyo	15.59
Nerima	Template:Lang	Tokyo	48.08
Ōta	Template:Lang	Tokyo	60.66
Setagaya	Template:Lang	Tokyo	58.05
Shibuya	Template:Lang	Tokyo	15.11
Shinagawa	Template:Lang	Tokyo	22.84
Shinjuku	Template:Lang	Tokyo	18.22
Suginami	Template:Lang	Tokyo	34.06
Sumida	Template:Lang	Tokyo	13.77
Toshima	Template:Lang	Tokyo	13.01
Taitō	Template:Lang	Tokyo	10.11

See also

• District (China), the original use of the ku kanji, still in use in Mainland China
• Administrative districts of South Korea, also pronounced gu
• District (Taiwan), same use of the ku in administrative divisions in the ROC Free Area