Kita北区

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

Kita (北区, Kita-ku) is a ward of Okayama, in Okayama Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 314,523 (2020 census), area 450.7 km². Borders 10 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

Okayama City 岡山市

Prefecture

Okayama 岡山県

Region

Chūgoku 中国

Population

314,523 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+1.6% from 309,484

Area

450.7 km²

Density

698 people per km²

Households

155,323

Under 15

12.2%

65 and over

24.2%

Foreign residents

7,328 (2.3%)

Code

33101 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.okayama.jp/kitaku

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

10 places share a land border with Kita, 3 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Naka Ward中区
• Higashi Ward東区
• Minami Ward南区
• Kurashiki City倉敷市
• Soja City総社市
• Akaiwa City赤磐市
• Hayashima Town早島町
• Kumenan Town久米南町
• Misaki Town美咲町
• Kibichuo Town吉備中央町

Questions about Kita

Is Kita a city?

Kita (北区) is a ward of Okayama (岡山市), 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 Okayama (岡山市), in Okayama Prefecture (岡山県), in the Chūgoku 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?

314,523 at the 2020 census, up 1.6% from 309,484 in 2015. The area is 450.7 km², which is 698 people per km². 155,323 households. 24.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kita?

10: Naka Ward (中区), Higashi Ward (東区), Minami Ward (南区), Kurashiki City (倉敷市), Soja City (総社市), Akaiwa City (赤磐市), Hayashima Town (早島町), Kumenan Town (久米南町), Misaki Town (美咲町), and Kibichuo Town (吉備中央町). 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?

岡山県岡山市北区… (Okayama-ken, Okayama-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.