Kokurakita-ku

Kokurakita-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, , . It is the north part of what used to be City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963.
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  • Type: Suburb with 182,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Kitakyūshū, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kokura-kita Ku”, “Kokura-Kita Ward”, and “Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kokura Castle and Kokura Station.

Castle
Photo: G43, CC BY 3.0.
is a five-story castle in , . A castle was first built at the current site in 1569. Construction of a more substantial replacement commenced in 1602 under the direction of daimyo Tadaoki Hosokawa.

Railway station
Photo: z tanuki, CC BY 3.0.
in Kokurakita-ku is the main railway station in , Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the San'yō Shinkansen stops here.

Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
The is a literature museum in , . It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu. The museum is located next to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokuraminami-ku and Tobata-ku.

Suburb
Photo: Kugel, Public domain.
is a ward of Kitakyūshū, , . It is the southern part of what used to be Kokura City, which was merged into Kitakyūshū city when the latter was created out of the merger of five cities in 1963. is situated 4 km south of Kokurakita-ku.

Suburb
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is a ward of , , . It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000. is situated 4½ km west of Kokurakita-ku.

Suburb
Photo: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0.
is a ward of Kitakyūshū, , . It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres. is situated 6 km west of Kokurakita-ku.

Kokurakita-ku

Latitude
33.8807° or 33° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
130.8736° or 130° 52′ 25″ east
Population
182,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8Q5GVVJF+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3056878047
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7407404
Wiki­data ID
Q1042291
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Satellite Map

Discover Kokurakita-ku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kokurakita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوكوراكيتا-كو”
  • Armenian: “Կոկուրակիտա-կու”
  • Catalan: “Kokura Kita-ku”
  • Catalan: “Kokura Kita”
  • Catalan: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Kokurakita Ku”
  • Chinese: “小仓北区”
  • Chinese: “小倉北區”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوكوراكيتا-كو”
  • Finnish: “Kokura Kita-ku”
  • French: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • German: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū”
  • Irish: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kokura-Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “こくらきたく”
  • Japanese: “コクラキタク”
  • Japanese: “北九州市小倉北区”
  • Japanese: “小倉北区”
  • Korean: “고쿠라기타 구”
  • Korean: “고쿠라키타”
  • Korean: “고쿠라키타구”
  • Persian: “کوکوراکیتا-کو، کیتاکیوشو”
  • Polish: “Kokurakita”
  • Portuguese: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Russian: “Кокуракита”
  • Spanish: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Turkish: “Kokurakita”
  • Venetian: “Kokurakita-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Kokurakita, Kitakyūshū”

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Notable Places Nearby

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