Namba

{{Short description|District of Osaka, Japan}}

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{{Infobox place

| name = Namba

| settlement_type = Chōme

| image_skyline = Namba Station.JPG

| image_caption = Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store

| pushpin_map = Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|34|39|57|N|135|39|04|E|region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Japan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Prefecture

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_type3 = Ward

| subdivision_name1 = Osaka

| subdivision_name2 = Osaka

| subdivision_name3 = Chūō and Naniwa

}}

Namba ({{Langx|ja|難波}}, {{IPA|ja|namba|IPA}}) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (:ja:ミナミ, "South") region.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMylBmGjWkwC&dq=Minami+Osaka&pg=PA161|title=Minami |isbn=9781741040852 |access-date=2009-02-16|last1=Rowthorn |first1=Chris |year=2005 }} Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.