Kita-ku, Nagoya

Kita 北区
Ward
Kita Ward
Meijō Park
Location of Kita-ku in Nagoya
Kita
Coordinates:
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)
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