Namba (, ) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of Osaka, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu Railway, Nankai Railway, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.
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