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Kita-ku

Kita is one of 24 wards of in Japan.
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  • Type: Suburb with 124,000 residents
  • Description: one of the 24 wards of the City of Osaka
  • Also known as: “Kita”, “Kita Ward”, and “Kita-ku, Osaka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Osaka castle and Shin-Ōsaka.

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The area is in city. This area consisting of many buildings surrounded by water is home to , Osaka-jo Hall, classical music halls, theaters where you can enjoy the performing arts, hotels, shopping and sports facilities.

Railway station
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Station is a major interchange railway station in , Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen from Fukuoka, and one of the primary rail hubs in .

Railway station
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is a major railway station in the district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. It forms as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kita and North Osaka.

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The is the newest centre of city. The area around Umeda station, where major terminals for the Osaka subway, Japan Rail, Hankyu and Hanshin railways can be found, boasts department stores, buildings full of fashionable shops and various attractions.

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Northern covers the wards of Higashiyodogawa-ku, Nishiyodogawa-ku, and Yodogawa-ku, which sprawl along the northern side of the Yodogawa river.

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is the largest commercial area in , . All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.

Kita-ku

Latitude
34.7122° or 34° 42′ 44″ north
Longitude
135.5057° or 135° 30′ 20″ east
Population
124,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QPG64+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551366727
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1859310
Wiki­data ID
Q1207746
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيتا”
  • Armenian: “Կիտա-կու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kita-ku”
  • Basque: “Kita-ku”
  • Catalan: “Kita-ku”
  • Catalan: “Kita”
  • Cebuano: “Kita Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi)”
  • Cebuano: “Kita Ku”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Czech: “Kita-ku”
  • Danish: “Kita-ku”
  • Dutch: “Kita-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kita-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Kita-ku”
  • Esperanto: “kvartalo Kita”
  • Finnish: “Kita-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Kita-ku”
  • Galician: “Kita-ku, Ōsaka”
  • Galician: “Kita-ku”
  • German: “Kita-ku”
  • Greek: “Κίτα-κου”
  • Hungarian: “Kita-ku”
  • Irish: “Kita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “きたく”
  • Japanese: “キタク”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Japanese: “大阪市北区”
  • Korean: “기타구”
  • Persian: “کیتا”
  • Polish: “Kita”
  • Russian: “Кита-ку”
  • Scots: “Kita-ku, Osaka”
  • Scots: “Kita-ku”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kita-ku, Osaka”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kita-ku”
  • Slovak: “Kita-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Kita-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Kita”
  • Spanish: “Kita-ku”
  • Swedish: “Kita-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตคิตะ”
  • Turkish: “Kita, Osaka”
  • Turkish: “Kita”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіта-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Кіта”
  • Venetian: “Kita-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita, Ōsaka”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita”
  • Yue Chinese: “北區 (大阪)”

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