is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km<sup>2</sup>, and a population of 96,072 (2018). This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.
In recent years Nagata-ku's overall population has been decreasing, but the number of foreign residents has been increasing. Nagata-ku now has the largest Korean and Vietnamese communities in Kobe.
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.