Kita (北区, Kita-ku, "Northern ward") is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City of Kita. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 340,287, and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total area is 20.61km2.
Districts and neighborhoods
Akabane-Iwabuchi Area
Akabane
Akabanedai[ja]
Akabanekita[ja]
Akabaneminami[ja]
Akabanenishi[ja]
Iwabuchimachi[ja]
Kamiya[ja]
Kirigaoka[ja]
Nishigaoka[ja]
Shimo[ja]
Ukima[ja]
Ōji Area
Higashijūjō[ja]
Horifune[ja]
Jūjōdai[ja]
Jūjōnakahara[ja]
Kamijūjō[ja]
Kishimachi[ja]
Nakajūjō[ja]
Ōji[ja]
Ōjihonmachi[ja]
Toshima[ja]
Takinogawa Area
Higashitabata[ja]
Kaminakazato[ja]
Nakazato[ja]
Nishigahara[ja]
Sakaemachi[ja]
Shōwachō[ja]
Tabata[ja]
Tabatashin-machi[ja]
Takinogawa[ja]
History
The area was a collection of rural villages and towns until the 1880s, when it was connected by rail to central Tokyo (Oji Station opening in 1883). Parts of the area joined Tokyo City in 1932 as the Ōji (former Ōji and Iwabuchi towns) and Takinogawa (former Takinogawa town) Wards. Kita was officially formed in 1947 by the merger of these wards.[2]
Geography
The name Kita, meaning "north," reflects the location among the wards of Tokyo. To its north lie the cities of Kawaguchi and Toda in Saitama Prefecture. To the east, south and west lie other special wards: Adachi, Arakawa, Itabashi, Bunkyō, and Toshima.
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Tokyo Sakura Tram: Nishigahara-yonchome, Takinogawa-ichome, Asukayama, Oji-ekimae, Sakaecho, Kajiwara Stations
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line: Nishigahara, Ōji, Ōji Kamiya, Shimo, Akabane Iwabuchi Stations
Saitama Rapid Railway Line (Sainokuni Stadium Line): Akabane-Iwabuchi Station
Highways
Shuto Expressway C2 Central Loop (Itabashi JCT – Kasai JCT)
Route 17 (Nakasendō)
Notable people from Kita
Kōbō Abe, Japanese writer, playwright, musician, photographer, inventor and novelist
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