Kita, Tokyo

Kita (北区, Kita-ku^?) is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself the City of Kita.

Kita has a sister-city relationship with Xuanwu District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Domestically, it has similar ties to the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and the towns of Kanra and Nakanojo in Gunma Prefecture.

As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 330,282 and a density of 16040 persons per km². The total area is 20.59 km².

[edit] 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, Bunkyo and Toshima.

Rivers include the Arakawa and the Sumida River.

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.

The city's public elementary and middle schools are operated by the City of Kita Board of Education.

The city's public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

JR East
- Tohoku Main Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line: Ogu, Akabane Stations
- Saikyo Line (Akabane Line): Itabashi, Jujo, Akabane, Kita Akabane, Ukima Funado Stations
- Keihin-Tohoku Line: Tabata, Kami Nakazato, Oji, Higashi Jujo, Akabane Stations
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toden Arakawa Line: Nishigahara Yonchōme, Takinogawa Itchōme, Asukayama, Ōji Ekimae, Sakae-chō, Kajiwara Stations
Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line: Nishigahara, Oji, Oji Kamiya, Shimo, Akabane Iwabuchi Stations
Saitama Rapid Railway Line (Sainokuni Stadium Line): Akabane-Iwabuchi Station

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Wards: Adachi \| Arakawa \| Bunkyō \| Chiyoda \| Chūō \| Edogawa \| Itabashi \| Katsushika \| Kita \| Kōtō \| Meguro \| Minato \| Nakano \| Nerima \| Ōta \| Setagaya \| Shibuya \| Shinagawa \| Shinjuku \| Suginami \| Sumida \| Toshima \| Taitō
Cities: Akiruno \| Akishima \| Chōfu \| Fuchū \| Fussa \| Hachiōji \| Hamura \| Higashikurume \| Higashimurayama \| Higashiyamato \| Hino \| Inagi \| Kiyose \| Kodaira \| Koganei \| Kokubunji \| Komae \| Kunitachi \| Machida \| Mitaka \| Musashimurayama \| Musashino \| Nishi-Tōkyō \| Ōme \| Tachikawa \| Tama
Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District \| Hachijō Subprefecture \| Miyake Subprefecture \| Ogasawara Subprefecture \| Ōshima Subprefecture