page_title: Nishiki, Kumamoto
hierarchical_section_title: Nishiki, Kumamoto
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: ja:くま川鉄道湯前線ja:肥後西村駅 駅周辺 駅前広場から南側を見る。 写真中央の道を進むとja:球磨商業高校、更にja:国道219号に突き当たる。 撮影者/著者/著作権保有者&#160;: MK Products (本人がアップロード) 撮影日&#160;: 2007/03/14 ja:肥後西村駅用にアップロードした画像です。良い画像があれば別の画像に変えてください。
context_page_description: Nishiki is a town located in Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The town's name is the Japanese word for "brocade", and is used as a name for more than one town in Japan. The town can trace its origin back to the merger of three villages in 1884. Two more villages were merged with Nishiki, then known as Nishi-mura or "West village", in 1955. It formally gained its status as a town on April 1, 1965. At one time, between 1985 and 2006, Nishiki was twinned with the town of Nishiki, Yamaguchi.
  In April 2017, the town had an estimated population of 10,899 and a density of 140.26 persons per km². The total area is 84.87 km². Nishiki is served by the Higo-Nishinomura Station of the Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line.
context_section_description: Nishiki (錦町, Nishiki-machi) is a town located in Kuma District (also known as Kuma County), Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The town's name is the Japanese word for "brocade", and is used as a name for more than one town in Japan. The town can trace its origin back to the merger of three villages in 1884. Two more villages (Ichibu and Kijo) were merged with Nishiki, then known as Nishi-mura or "West village", in 1955. It formally gained its status as a town (町; chō or machi) on April 1, 1965. At one time, between 1985 and 2006, Nishiki was twinned with the (now defunct) town of Nishiki, Yamaguchi.
  In April 2017, the town had an estimated population of 10,899 and a density of 140.26 persons per km². The total area is 84.87 km² (32.77 sq mi). Nishiki is served by the Higo-Nishinomura Station of the Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line.
caption: Higo-nishinomura station front
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