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Kita
北区

Kita's location in Tokyo, Japan.

Location

Country Japan

Region Kantō

Prefecture Tokyo

Physical characteristics

Area km² ( sq mi)

Population (as of 2005)

Total

Density /km² (/sq mi)

Symbols

Symbol of Kita

Kita Government Office

Official website: Kita

Kita (北区, Kita-ku^?) is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself the City of Kita.

Kita has a sister-city relationship with Xuanwu District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Domestically, it has similar ties to the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and the towns of Kanra and Nakanojo in Gunma Prefecture.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 330,282 and a density of 16,040 persons per km². The total area is 20.59 km².

Geography

The name Kita, meaning "north," reflects the location among the wards of Tokyo. To its north lie the cities of Kawaguchi and Toda in Saitama Prefecture. To the east, south and west lie other special wards: Adachi, Arakawa, Itabashi, Bunkyō and Toshima.

Rivers include the Arakawa and the Sumida River.

History

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

Famous sites

Asukayama Park
Ukima Park
Chūō Park (formerly Camp Oji)
Furukawa Garden
Nanushi-no-taki Park
Oji Shrine
Oji Inari shrine

Education

The city's public elementary and middle schools are operated by the City of Kita Board of Education.

The city's public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

Transportation

Rail

JR East
- Tōhoku Main Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line: Ogu, Akabane Stations
- Saikyō Line (Akabane Line): Itabashi, Jujo, Akabane, Kita Akabane, Ukima Funado Stations
- Keihin-Tōhoku Line: Tabata, Kami Nakazato, Ōji, Higashi Jujo, Akabane Stations
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toden Arakawa Line: Nishigahara Yonchōme, Takinogawa Itchōme, Asukayama, Ōji Ekimae, Sakae-chō, Kajiwara Stations
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line: Nishigahara, Ōji, Ōji Kamiya, Shimo, Akabane Iwabuchi Stations
Saitama Rapid Railway Line (Sainokuni Stadium Line): Akabane-Iwabuchi Station

Highways

Shuto Expressway C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT - Kasai JCT)
Route 17 (Nakasendō)

Famous people from Kita

Kobo Abe, novelist
Ichiro Furutachi, emcee, entertainer
Kyoko Fukada, model, actress, singer
Chieko Baisho, actress, singer
Megumi Hayashibara, idol singer, seiyu
Yoshiyuki Kuwahara, soccer player

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Kita, Tokyo

City of Kita official website in English

	Tokyo Metropolis

Wards: Adachi \| Arakawa \| Bunkyō \| Chiyoda \| Chūō \| Edogawa \| Itabashi \| Katsushika \| Kita \| Kōtō \| Meguro \| Minato \| Nakano \| Nerima \| Ōta \| Setagaya \| Shibuya \| Shinagawa \| Shinjuku \| Suginami \| Sumida \| Toshima \| Taitō
Cities: Akiruno \| Akishima \| Chōfu \| Fuchū \| Fussa \| Hachiōji \| Hamura \| Higashikurume \| Higashimurayama \| Higashiyamato \| Hino \| Inagi \| Kiyose \| Kodaira \| Koganei \| Kokubunji \| Komae \| Kunitachi \| Machida \| Mitaka \| Musashimurayama \| Musashino \| Nishi-Tōkyō \| Ōme \| Tachikawa \| Tama
Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District \| Hachijō Subprefecture \| Miyake Subprefecture \| Ogasawara Subprefecture \| Ōshima Subprefecture

Coordinates: 35°45′36″N, 139°44′05″E