Nagata-ku, Kobe

 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.
Nearly, Nagata-ku's population is deceasing, but foreigners are increasing. 
Nagata-ku has the largest Korean and Vietnamese Communities in Kobe.
Education.
West Kobe Korean Elementary School (), a North Korean school, is in the ward.
The South Korean government maintains the Korean Education Center (, ) in this ward.