Kokurakita小倉北区

Kokurakita-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Kokurakita (小倉北区, Kokurakita-ku) is a ward of Kitakyushu, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 183,407 (2020 census), area 39.23 km². Borders 4 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

小倉北区

Reading

Kokurakita-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Kitakyushu City 北九州市

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

183,407 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.8% from 181,878

Area

39.23 km²

Density

4,675 people per km²

Households

96,175

Under 15

10.8%

65 and over

30.0%

Foreign residents

5,427 (3.0%)

Code

40106 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/kokurakita/index.html

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

4 places share a land border with Kokurakita, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Moji Ward門司区
• Tobata Ward戸畑区
• Kokuraminami Ward小倉南区
• Yahatahigashi Ward八幡東区

Questions about Kokurakita

Is Kokurakita a city?

Kokurakita (小倉北区) is a ward of Kitakyushu (北九州市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Kokurakita?

Kokurakita is inside Kitakyushu (北九州市), in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Kokurakita?

183,407 at the 2020 census, up 0.8% from 181,878 in 2015. The area is 39.23 km², which is 4,675 people per km². 96,175 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 10.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kokurakita?

Four: Moji Ward (門司区), Tobata Ward (戸畑区), Kokuraminami Ward (小倉南区), and Yahatahigashi Ward (八幡東区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Kokurakita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kokurakita written in Japanese?

小倉北区, read Kokurakita-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Kokurakita begin?

福岡県北九州市小倉北区… (Fukuoka-ken, Kitakyushu-shi, Kokurakita-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.