Kita-ku

Summary

Kita-ku is a ward of Japan^[1]. Kita-ku draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (ward_of_japan category, ranking #41 of 174).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kita-ku is located in Hamamatsu^[3].
• Kita-ku is located in Shizuoka Prefecture^[4].
• Kita-ku is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Kita-ku's image is recorded as Kita Ward Office in Hamamatsu City.jpg^[6].
• Kita-ku's instance of is recorded as ward of Japan^[7].
• Kita-ku's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity^[8].
• Kita-ku's locator map image is recorded as Map of Kita-ku Hamamatsu.png^[9].
• Kita-ku's Commons category is recorded as Kita-ku, Hamamatsu^[10].
• Kita-ku's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time^[11].
• Kita-ku's dantai code is recorded as 221350^[12].
• +2007-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kita-ku^[13].
• Kita-ku was dissolved in +2023-12-31T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Kita-ku's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.817777777778, 'lon': 137.73972222222}^[15].
• Kita-ku's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06w1b2t^[16].
• Kita-ku's official website is recorded as https://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/n-shinko/ward/kitaku/^[17].
• Kita-ku's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kita-ku, Hamamatsu^[18].
• Kita-ku's population is recorded as {'amount': '+92427'}^[19].
• Kita-ku's population is recorded as {'amount': '+93567'}^[20].
• Kita-ku's population is recorded as {'amount': '+94680'}^[21].
• Kita-ku's replaced by is recorded as Hamana-ku^[22].
• Kita-ku's replaced by is recorded as Chūō Ward^[23].
• Kita-ku's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '北区'}^[24].
• Kita-ku's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7418326^[25].
• Kita-ku's date of official opening is recorded as +2007-04-01T00:00:00Z^[26].
• Kita-ku's name in kana is recorded as きたく^[27].

Body

Founding

+2007-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kita-ku^[13].

Identity

Kita-ku's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '北区'}^[24].

Dissolution

Kita-ku was dissolved in +2023-12-31T00:00:00Z^[14].

Why It Matters

Kita-ku draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (ward_of_japan category, ranking #41 of 174).^[2] Kita-ku has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]