Kita-ku

Kita-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, . Meaning literally "north ward," it is bordered by the , , and also by the cities of , , and the towns of and .
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  • Suburb with about 140,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (310 feet)
  • Description: one of the five wards of the City of Kumamoto, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Kita Ward”
    “Kita-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ueki Hospital and 植木郵便局.
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is a post office.
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is a passenger railway station located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gyokuto.
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Gyokutō is a town located in , , Japan on the island of . is situated 6 km west of Kita-ku.

Kita-ku

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Latitude
32.9036° or 32° 54′ 13″ north
Longitude
130.6943° or 130° 41′ 40″ east
Open location code
8Q4GWM3V+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3049854096
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8739911
Wiki­data ID
Q876926

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Kita-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kita-ku”
  • Cebuano: “Kita-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Kumamoto-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Kita-ku”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Danish: “Kita-ku”
  • French: “Kita-ku”
  • German: “Kita-ku”
  • Greek: “Κιτα κου”
  • Hungarian: “Kita-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Kita-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Irish: “Kita-ku”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku (Kumamoto)”
  • Italian: “Kita-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kita-Ku”
  • Japanese: “きたく”
  • Japanese: “北区 (熊本市)”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Japanese: “熊本市北区”
  • Korean: “기타구”
  • Russian: “Кита”
  • Serbian: “Кита-ку”
  • Swedish: “Kita-ku, Kumamoto”
  • Swedish: “Kita-ku”
  • Turkish: “Kita, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita, Kumamoto”
  • Vietnamese: “Kita”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Uekimachi-Ueki and Uekimachi-Hitotsugi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 熊本市北区役所 and 熊本市植木文化センター.

Kumamoto: Highlights

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