Editing Namba (section)

{{Short description|District of Osaka, Japan}}
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{{Infobox place
| name               = Namba
| settlement_type    = [[Chōme]]
| image_skyline      = Namba Station.JPG
| image_caption      = Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store
| pushpin_map        = Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan
| coordinates        = {{coord|34|39|57|N|135|39|04|E|region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Japan}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Cities of Japan|City]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Wards of Japan|Ward]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Osaka]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Chūō-ku, Osaka|Chūō]]
}}
'''Namba''' ({{Langx|ja|難波}}, {{IPA|ja|namba|IPA}}) is a district in [[Chūō-ku, Osaka|Chūō]] and [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka|Naniwa]] wards of [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's ''Minami'' ([[:ja:ミナミ]], "South") region.<ref name="Minami">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMylBmGjWkwC&dq=Minami+Osaka&pg=PA161|title=Minami |isbn=9781741040852 |access-date=2009-02-16|last1=Rowthorn |first1=Chris |year=2005 }}</ref> Its name came from a variation of ''[[Osaka|Naniwa]]'', the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as [[West Japan Railway Company|JR]], [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]], [[Nankai Railway|Nankai]], [[Hanshin Electric Railway|Hanshin]], and three [[Osaka Metro]] subway lines all have stations within this region.