Nishi-ku, Sapporo

E216481

administrative ward ward of Japan

Nishi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its mix of residential areas, commercial districts, and access to nearby mountains and natural scenery.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Nishi-ku, Sapporo canonical	2
Nishi Ward Office, Sapporo	1
Sapporo-shi Nishi-ku	1
札幌市西区	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1812843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Context triple: [Sapporo, subdivision, Nishi-ku, Sapporo]

A. Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Higashi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and transportation links in the eastern part of the city.
B. Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan, known as a primarily residential and commercial area with convenient urban access.
C. Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Toyohira-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods, universities, and the Toyohira River running through it.
D. Minami-ku, Sapporo
Minami-ku, Sapporo is the largest and most mountainous ward of Sapporo, Japan, known for its hot springs, ski resorts, and extensive natural scenery.
E. Chūō-ku, Sapporo
Chūō-ku, Sapporo is the central ward of Sapporo, Japan, serving as the city’s main commercial, administrative, and entertainment district.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Target entity description: Nishi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its mix of residential areas, commercial districts, and access to nearby mountains and natural scenery.

A. Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Higashi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and transportation links in the eastern part of the city.
B. Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan, known as a primarily residential and commercial area with convenient urban access.
C. Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Toyohira-ku, Sapporo is one of the administrative wards of Sapporo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods, universities, and the Toyohira River running through it.
D. Minami-ku, Sapporo
Minami-ku, Sapporo is the largest and most mountainous ward of Sapporo, Japan, known for its hot springs, ski resorts, and extensive natural scenery.
E. Chūō-ku, Sapporo
Chūō-ku, Sapporo is the central ward of Sapporo, Japan, serving as the city’s main commercial, administrative, and entertainment district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative ward ⓘ ward of Japan ⓘ
borders	Chūō-ku, Sapporo ⓘ Kita-ku, Sapporo ⓘ Minami-ku, Sapporo ⓘ Otaru ⓘ Teine-ku, Sapporo ⓘ
contains	Fukui district ⓘ Hachiken district ⓘ Hassamu district ⓘ Heiwa district ⓘ Kotoni district ⓘ Miyanosawa district ⓘ Hachiken district ⓘ surface form: Nishino district Nishino tunnel area ⓘ Heiwa district ⓘ surface form: Yamanote district
country	Japan ⓘ
governedBy	Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nishi Ward Office, Sapporo
hasCharacteristic	access to nearby mountains ⓘ mixed residential and commercial areas ⓘ natural scenery ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Hokkaido University of Education Ebetsu Campus ⓘ surface form: Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo Campus (near Nishi-ku border)
hasJapaneseName	Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 札幌市西区
hasMountain	Mount Sankaku ⓘ Mount Teine ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.city.sapporo.jp/nishi/ ⓘ
hasPark	Kotoni-Hassamu Green Belt ⓘ Miyanosawa Park ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	063 ⓘ
hasRailwayLine	JR Hakodate Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Hassamu River ⓘ Kotoni-Hassamu River ⓘ
hasSettlementType	ward ⓘ
hasStation	Hassamu Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Hassamu-Chūō Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Inazumi-Kōen Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Kotoni Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyanosawa Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf	10 wards of Sapporo ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Sapporo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Hokkaido ⓘ
nameInRomaji	Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sapporo-shi Nishi-ku
partOf	Hokkaido ⓘ Ishikari Subprefecture ⓘ Sapporo ⓘ
servedBy	Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōzai Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Hokkaido Expressway ⓘ National Route 5 ⓘ
UTCOffset	+9 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sapporo → subdivision → Nishi-ku, Sapporo ⓘ

Minami-ku, Sapporo → hasBorderWith → Nishi-ku, Sapporo ⓘ

Nishi-ku, Sapporo → hasJapaneseName → Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 札幌市西区

Nishi-ku, Sapporo → nameInRomaji → Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sapporo-shi Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku, Sapporo → governedBy → Nishi-ku, Sapporo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nishi Ward Office, Sapporo

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