title: Nishi-ku, Kumamoto
text: # Nishi-ku, Kumamoto
  
  Nishi-ku (西区) is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the city of Tamana and the town of Gyokutō. As of 2012, it has a population of 93,394 people and an area of 88.21 $km^2.$
  
  