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Country
  
Japan

- Flower
  
Cosmos (flower)

Area
  
17.55 km²

Prefecture
  
Aichi Prefecture

- Tree
  
Sakura

Phone number
  
052-911-3131

Population
  
164,619 (Feb 2012)

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Region
  
Tōkai region Chūbu region

Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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.

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Map of Kita Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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.

    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

    • References

    Kita-ku, Nagoya Wikipedia
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