Kita or KITA may refer to:
People
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Kita (surname)
Kita is a Japanese and Polish surname. As a Japanese surname it might be written various ways in kanji (e.g. meaning "north"; meaning "field of trees"; meaning "many happinesses"). Notable people with the surname include:
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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, Brazilian footballer nicknamed Kita
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Sampsa Astala
Sampsa Astala, (born 23 January 1974), known by stage names Stala and Kita, is the lead singer of the Finnish glam rock band Stala & SO. and the former and original drummer for the metal band Lordi.
His current stage name, Stala, comes from his ow ...
, 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 an onsen, o ...
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Kita-ku, Kumamoto
is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "north ward," it is bordered by the Nishi-ku, Chūō-ku, Higashi-ku and also by the cities of Yamaga, Kikuchi, Kōshi and the towns of Gyokutō and Kikuyō. As of 2012, ...
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Kita-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "North Ward." As of 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 117,165 people.
Hiragino typeface is named after an area in the ward.
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Kita-ku, Nagoya
is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 163,555 and a population density of 9,330 persons per km². The total area was 17.53 km².
Geography
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Kita-ku, Niigata
is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 74,559 in households and a population density of 690 persons per km². The total area of the ward was .
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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
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Kita-ku, Saitama
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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
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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 was a village located in Sorachi District, Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2004, the village had an estimated population of 3,671 and a density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per uni ...
(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 ...
(part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku)
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Kita District, Ehime
The is a district located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the estimated population is 20,784 with a total area is 299.50 km2.
The district includes one town.
* Uchiko
Origin of name
The name "Kita" is first found in the year 901 i ...
(喜多郡)
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Kita District, Kagawa
is a district located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The district was formed on 1 April 1899 under the Districts Act which came into force at that time. Its area consisted of 19 villages that made up the former districts of Miki and Yamada.
Duri ...
(木田郡)
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Kita Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Willer Trains (Kyoto Tango Railway).
Lines
Kita Station is a station of the Miyazu Line, and is located from th ...
(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
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with ...
(北岳), a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains in Yamanashi Prefecture
Elsewhere
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Kita, Mali
Kita is a town and urban commune in western Mali. The town is the capital of the Kita Cercle in the Kayes Region. It lies on the eastern slope of Mount Kita (Bambara: "Kita-kulu"), known for its caves and rock paintings. Today, the town is know ...
, a town in Mali
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Kita, Łódź Voivodeship
Kita is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Złoczew, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a province- voivodesh ...
, central Poland
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Maug Islands
Maug (from the Chamorro name for the islands, Ma'ok, meaning "steadfast" or "everlasting") consists of a group of three small uninhabited islands. This island group is part of the Northern Islands Municipality of the Commonwealth of the Northern ...
Other uses
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KITA (FM)
Kita or KITA may refer to:
People
* Kita (surname)
* Kita Alexander (born 1996), Australian singer-songwriter
* João Leithardt Neto, Brazilian footballer nicknamed Kita
* Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician whose stage name is Kita
Places In J ...
, an American radio station
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Kita (Noh school)
Kita or KITA may refer to:
People
* Kita (surname)
* Kita Alexander (born 1996), Australian singer-songwriter
* João Leithardt Neto, Brazilian footballer nicknamed Kita
* Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician whose stage name is Kita
Places In J ...
(喜多), a school of Noh theatre
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Korea International Trade Association
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) ( Korean: 한국무역협회, Hanja: 韓國貿易協會) is a private non-profit trade organization founded in 1946 with 105 traders as its founding members. It is one of Korea's largest umbrella e ...
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People's Welfare Party (Malaysia)
The People's Welfare Party or ''Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air'' (KITA) is a small political party in Malaysia, based in the state of Kelantan.
Founded as AKIM (1995)
The party was formerly known as the Malaysian People Justice Front or ...
( ms, Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air, link=no), a Malaysian political party
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Sony Ericsson Yari, 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 ce ...
in Germany
See also
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