Kita or KITA may refer to:
People
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Kita (surname)
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Kita Alexander
Nikkita Kalea "Kita" Alexander (born 25 February 1996) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Queensland, known for her 'short and evocative lines demonstrating Taylor Swift-level lyrical prowess.'
Her single "Hotel", peaked a ...
(born 1996), Australian singer-songwriter
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João Leithardt Neto
João Leithardt Neto (6 January 1958 – 3 October 2015), nicknamed Kita, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics with the Brazil national football team.
Kita died on 3 October 2015 at the age ...
, Brazilian footballer nicknamed Kita
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Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician whose stage name is Kita
Places
In Japan
* Kita-ku (北区), meaning “northern ward”, is a ward name found in several cities:
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Kita-ku, Hamamatsu
is one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the north of the city. It is bordered by Tenryū-ku to the north, Higashi-ku and Naka-ku to the east, Hamakita-ku Minami-ku and Kosai to the south, and the cities of Toyohashi ...
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Kita-ku, Kobe
is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 241.84 km², and a population of 226,402 (2008). ''Kita'' in Japanese means North. Kita-ku is the biggest ward which occupies the northeastern part of the city. Arima Onsen is located in Kita-ku ...
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Kita-ku, Kumamoto
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Kita-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven Wards of Kyoto, wards in the Municipalities of Japan, city of Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "North Ward." As of 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 117,165 people.
Hiragino typefa ...
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Kita-ku, Nagoya
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Kita-ku, Niigata
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Kita-ku, Okayama
is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km² and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer. The name means "North Ward."
The wards of Okayama were establi ...
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Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan.
Incidents and accidents
2021 Osaka building fire
Notable locations
Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fina ...
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Kita-ku, Saitama
250px, Ōmiya Bonsai Village
is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northwestern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 148,935 and a population density of 8800 per ...
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Kita-ku, Sakai
is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 15.58 km² and a population of 154,846. The population density is 9,945 per square kilometer.
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Kita-ku, Sapporo
is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. With 260,000 people, it is the most popula ...
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Kita-ku, Tokyo
is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City of Kita. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 340,287, and a p ...
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Kita, Hokkaidō (北村), a village in Hokkaidō
* A local term for the northern commercial district of
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
(part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku)
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Kita District, Ehime (喜多郡)
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Kita District, Kagawa (木田郡)
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Kita Station (喜多駅), a railway station in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture
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Mount Kita
is a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains−"Southern Alps" (南アルプス ''Minami-Arupusu''), in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
It is the second tallest mountain in Japan, after Mount Fuji, and is known as "the Leader of the Southern Alps". (北岳), a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains in Yamanashi Prefecture
Elsewhere
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Kita, Mali, a town in Mali
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Kita, Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland
* One of the
Maug Islands
Other uses
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KITA (FM), an American radio station
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Kita (Noh school) (喜多), a school of Noh theatre
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Korea International Trade Association
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People's Welfare Party (Malaysia) ( ms, Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air, link=no), a Malaysian political party
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Sony Ericsson Yari
Yari (U100i) (Kita in the Philippines) is a slider phone from Sony Ericsson as a successor to the Sony Ericsson F305. It was unveiled on December 14, 2009. It is a phone meant for entertainment (e.g. games, music). It is available in two colors: ...
, known as Kita in the Philippines
* A common shorthand for
kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
in Germany
See also
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