Kita-ku

Kita-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , , and is located in the northwestern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 148,935 and a population density of 8800 persons per km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 140,000 residents
  • Description: one of the ten wards of the City of Saitama
  • Also known as: “Kita Ward” and “Kita-ku, Saitama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Omiya Park Station and Ōmiya Station.

Railway station
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Ōmiya-kōen Station is a passenger railway station on the Tōbu Urban Park Line located in , , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Railway station
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is a major interchange railway station in , Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company, Saitama New Urban Transit and private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is the busiest JR East station in .

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line located in Kita-ku, Saitama, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ageo and Minuma-ku.

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is a city located in , Japan. As of February 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 230,041 in 107,555 households and a population density of 5100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 45.51 square kilometres.

Suburb
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is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in , , and is located in the northern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 163,869 and a population density of 5300 persons per km2.

Suburb
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Ōmiya is one of ten wards of the city of , in , , and is located in the northeastern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 119,298 and a population density of 9,300 persons per km2. is situated 3½ km south of Kita-ku.

Kita-ku

Latitude
35.9311° or 35° 55′ 52″ north
Longitude
139.6203° or 139° 37′ 13″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XWJJC+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1446993702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7464062
Wiki­data ID
Q542542
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kita-ku”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Dutch: “Kita-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kita-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Arrondissement Nord”
  • French: “Kita-ku”
  • German: “Kita-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Kita-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Kita-ku, Saitama”
  • Irish: “Kita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “きたく”
  • Japanese: “キタク”
  • Japanese: “さいたま市北区”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Korean: “기타구”
  • Persian: “کیتا-کو”
  • Polish: “Kita-ku”
  • Polish: “Kita”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Kita”
  • Thai: “เขตคิตะ”
  • Turkish: “Kita, Saitama”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Кіта”
  • Vietnamese: “quận Kita”

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