Kita-ku, Nagoya

Kita 北区
Ward
Kita Ward
Meijō Park
Location of Kita-ku in Nagoya
Kita
Coordinates: 35°11′39″N 136°54′42″E / 35.19417°N 136.91167°E / 35.19417; 136.91167Coordinates: 35°11′39″N 136°54′42″E / 35.19417°N 136.91167°E / 35.19417; 136.91167
Country	Japan
Region	Tōkai region Chūbu region
Prefecture	Aichi
Area
• Total	17.55 km2 (6.78 sq mi)
Population (February 2012)
• Total	164,619
• Density	9,380/km2 (24,300/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Sakura
- Flower	Cosmos (flower) [1]
Phone number	052-911-3131
Address	17-1, Shimizu 4-chome, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 462-8511
Website	www.city.nagoya.jp/kita/ (Japanese)

Kita Ward (北区, Kita-ku) is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 164,619 and a population density of 9,380 persons per km². The total area was 17.55 km².

Kita-ku Ward Office

Geography

Kita Ward is the north of the center of the city of Nagoya.

Surrounding municipalities

• Nishi Ward
• Moriyama Ward
• Naka Ward
• Higashi Ward
• Kasugai
• Kitanagoya
• Toyoyama

History

Kita Ward was founded in 1944. Its area was expanded in 1946 with an addition from Higashi-ku and again in 1951 with an addition from Naka-ku. In 1955, the village of Kusunoki, formerly part of Nishikasugai District was annexed by Nagoya city, and joined to Kita Ward.

Economy

Kita Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Nagoya.

Transportation

Railroads

• Meitetsu - Meitetsu Seto Line
  • Shimizu - Amagasaka
• Meitetsu - Meitetsu Komaki Line
  • Kamiiida - Ajima
• Nagoya Municipal Subway – Meijō Line
  • Meijō Kōen –Kurokawa –Shiga-hondōri –Heian-dōri -Ōzone
• Nagoya Municipal Subway – Kamiiida Line
  • Kamiiida ––Heian-dōri

Highways

• Nagoya Expressway
• Japan National Route 19
• Japan National Route 41
• Japan National Route 302

Local attractions

• Meijō Park
• Nagoya Airfield

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References

Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya (capital)
Wards of Nagoya	Atsuta Chikusa Higashi Kita Meitō Midori Minami Minato Mizuho Moriyama Naka Nakagawa Nakamura Nishi Shōwa Tempaku
Core cities	Okazaki Toyohashi Toyota
Special cities	Ichinomiya Kasugai
Cities	Aisai Ama Anjō Chiryū Chita Gamagōri Handa Hekinan Inazawa Inuyama Iwakura Kariya Kitanagoya Kiyosu Komaki Kōnan Miyoshi Nagakute Nishio Nisshin Ōbu Owariasahi Seto Shinshiro Tahara Takahama Tokoname Tōkai Toyoake Toyokawa Tsushima Yatomi
Aichi District	Tōgō
Ama District	Kanie Ōharu Tobishima
Chita District	Agui Higashiura Mihama Minamichita Taketoyo
Kitashitara District	Shitara Tōei Toyone
Nishikasugai District	Toyoyama
Niwa District	Fusō Ōguchi
Nukata District	Kōta
List of mergers in Aichi Prefecture