Higashi-ku, Okayama

Higashi-ku (東区) is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 160.28 km2 and a population of 96,718. The population density is 603 per km2. The name means "East Ward."

Higashi-ku
東区
ひがしく
The main hall of Saidaiji Kannon-in Temple
Country Japan
RegionChūgoku (San'yō)
PrefectureOkayama
CityOkayama
Area
  Total160.53 km2 (61.98 sq mi)
Population
  Estimate 
(2024)
90,039

The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009.

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