:Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu

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| blank1_info_sec2 = 1-31-1 Yūtō, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-0193

| website = [http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/ward/nishiku/index.html Nishi-ku home page]

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{{nihongo|Nishi-ku|西区|Nishi-ku}} was a ward in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the southwest corner of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Kita-ku, Minami-ku, and the city of Kosai. The 3rd largest ward of Hamamatsu in terms of area, much of the ward is still rural, with farms and rice fields.

Nishi-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city").

Nishi-ku is served by Maisaka Station and Bentenjima Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway.

File: Nishi Ward Office in Hamamatsu City.jpg

Education

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International schools:

  • Mundo de Alegria - Peruvian school (ペルー学校) and Brazilian primary school"[http://www.mundodealegria.org/peru/schoolintroduction/access/schoolintroduction/access_158.html Ubicación y Acceso]." Mundo de Alegría. Retrieved on October 24, 2015. "〒431-0102 Shizuoka-ken Hamamatsu-shi Nishi-ku Yuto-cho Ubumi 9611-1" - [http://www.mundodealegria.org/schoolintroduction/access/schoolintroduction/access_83.html Japanese address]: "住所 〒431-0102 静岡県 浜松市 西区 雄踏町 宇布見 9611-1""[http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207160806/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php |date=February 7, 2008 }}). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. "3. Colégio Mundo de Alegria (Hamamatsu)[...]Endereço: 9611-1 Ubumi, Yuto-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-0102"

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