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Kita is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 241.84 km2, and a population of 226,402. Kita in Japanese means North. Kita-ku is the biggest ward in Kobe and occupies the northeastern part of the city. is located in Kita-ku.
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  • Type: Suburb with 220,000 residents
  • Description: one of the nine wards of the City of Kobe
  • Also known as: “Kita Ward” and “Kita-ku, Kobe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Suzurandai Station and Suzurandai Nishi-guchi.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Kita-ku, , , .

Railway station
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Suzurandai-nishiguchi Station is a railway station in Kita-ku, , , .

Railway station
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Station is a railway station in Kita-ku, , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyogo-ku and Chuo-ku.

Suburb
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Hyogo is one of nine wards of , . It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the which links and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan. is situated 5 km south of Kita-ku.

Suburb
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Chūō is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 28.46 km2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku and Ikuta-ku. is situated 6 km southeast of Kita-ku.

Suburb
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Nagata is one of 9 wards of , . It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake. is situated 7 km south of Kita-ku.

Kita-ku

Latitude
34.7241° or 34° 43′ 27″ north
Longitude
135.1462° or 135° 8′ 46″ east
Population
220,000
Elevation
421 metres (1,381 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QP4FW+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 721818679
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7371145
Wiki­data ID
Q1078814
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կիտա-կու”
  • Catalan: “Kita-ku”
  • Catalan: “Kita”
  • Cebuano: “Kita Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Hyōgo-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Kita Ku”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Dutch: “Kita-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Kita-ku (Kōbe)”
  • French: “Kita-ku”
  • German: “Kita-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Kita-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Kita-ku, Kobe”
  • Irish: “Kita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku (Kōbe)”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “きたく”
  • Japanese: “キタク”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Japanese: “神戸市北区”
  • Korean: “기타구”
  • Latvian: “Kita”
  • Russian: “Кита-ку (Кобе)”
  • Russian: “Кита-ку”
  • Thai: “เขตคิตะ”
  • Turkish: “Kita, Kobe”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita, Kobe”

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