Kita-ku

Kita is a special ward in the in . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City of Kita. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
  • Type: City with 350,000 residents
  • Description: special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
  • Also known as: “Kita”, “Kita City”, “Kita Tokio”, “Kita Tokyo”, “Kita, Tokyo”, “Kitos seniūnija”, “Кита, Токио”, “คิตะ”, “北区 (東京都)”, and “東京都北区”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sugamo Station and Komagome Station.

Railway station
is a railway station in Toshima, Tokyo…

Railway station
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is a railway station in Toshima…

Railway station
Higashi-Jūjō Station is a railway station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Tokyo and Toshima.

Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita are a trio of suburban…

is a ward in northwest , .

Photo: Lukas, CC BY 2.0.
Bunkyō is in , north of the Imperial Palace.

Kita-ku

Latitude
35.7529° or 35° 45′ 10″ north
Longitude
139.7338° or 139° 44′ 2″ east
Population
350,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XQP3M+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Achinese: “Kita”
  • Arabic: “كيتا، طوكيو”
  • Arabic: “كيتا”
  • Armenian: “Կիտա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kita”
  • Balinese: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Basque: “Kita-ku”
  • Belarusian: “Кіта”
  • Bengali: “কিতা-কু”
  • Catalan: “Kita”
  • Cebuano: “Kita-ku”
  • Chechen: “Кита (махсус район)”
  • Chechen: “Кита”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Chinese: “城北”
  • Czech: “Kita”
  • Danish: “Kita”
  • Dutch: “Kita”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Kita-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Kita”
  • Estonian: “Kita”
  • Finnish: “Kita”
  • French: “arrondissement de Kita”
  • French: “Kita-ku”
  • French: “Kita”
  • Galician: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Kita”
  • Gan Chinese: “北区”
  • Gan Chinese: “北區”
  • Georgian: “კიტა”
  • German: “Kita”
  • Greek: “Κίτα”
  • Guarani: “Kíta (Tókio)”
  • Guarani: “Kíta”
  • Gujarati: “કિતા-કુ”
  • Haitian: “Kita”
  • Hebrew: “צפון טוקיו”
  • Hebrew: “קיטה”
  • Hindi: “किता -कू”
  • Hindi: “किता”
  • Hungarian: “Kita”
  • Indonesian: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Indonesian: “Kita”
  • Irish: “Kita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kita”
  • Japanese: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “きたく”
  • Japanese: “北”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಟಾ-ಕು”
  • Korean: “기타구”
  • Latvian: “Kita īpašais rajons”
  • Lithuanian: “Kita”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Kita”
  • Malay: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Malay: “Kita”
  • Marathi: “किता-कु”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kita-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kita”
  • Norwegian: “Kita”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kita”
  • Persian: “کیتا-کو”
  • Persian: “کیتا”
  • Polish: “Kita”
  • Portuguese: “Kita”
  • Romanian: “Kita, Tōkyō”
  • Romanian: “Kita”
  • Russian: “Кита”
  • Sinhala: “කිට-කු”
  • Slovenian: “Kita”
  • Spanish: “Kita-ku”
  • Spanish: “Kita”
  • Sundanese: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Swedish: “Kita”
  • Tagalog: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Tagalog: “Kita”
  • Tamil: “கிடா -கு”
  • Tatar: “Кита (махсус район)”
  • Tatar: “Кита”
  • Telugu: “కిట-కు”
  • Thai: “เขตคิตะ”
  • Turkish: “Kita-ku”
  • Turkish: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіта”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Кіта”
  • Urdu: “کیتا، ٹوکیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kita, Tokyo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kita”
  • Yue Chinese: “北區”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kita City Hall and 王子本町交番.

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