Kita北区

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

Kita (北区, Kita-ku) is a ward of Niigata, in Niigata Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 72,804 (2020 census), area 107.61 km². Borders 5 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

北区

Reading

Kita-ku

Kind

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

City

Niigata City 新潟市

Prefecture

Niigata 新潟県

Region

Chūbu 中部

Population

72,804 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-4.6% from 76,328

Area

107.61 km²

Density

677 people per km²

Households

27,418

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

32.0%

Foreign residents

507 (0.7%)

Code

15101 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.niigata.lg.jp/kita

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

5 places share a land border with Kita, 2 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Higashi Ward東区
• Konan Ward江南区
• Shibata City新発田市
• Agano City阿賀野市
• Seiro Town聖籠町

Questions about Kita

Is Kita a city?

Kita (北区) is a ward of Niigata (新潟市), 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 Kita?

Kita is inside Niigata (新潟市), in Niigata Prefecture (新潟県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Kita?

72,804 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 76,328 in 2015. The area is 107.61 km², which is 677 people per km². 27,418 households. 32.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kita?

Five: Higashi Ward (東区), Konan Ward (江南区), Shibata City (新発田市), Agano City (阿賀野市), and Seiro Town (聖籠町). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Kita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kita written in Japanese?

北区, read Kita-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 Kita begin?

新潟県新潟市北区… (Niigata-ken, Niigata-shi, Kita-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.