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s of the city of Saitama, in

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, and is located in the northwestern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated

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of 148,935 and a

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of 8800 persons per km². Its total area was .

Geography

Kita-ward is located in the northwestern side of the city of Saitama.

Neighboring Municipalities

Saitama Prefecture * Ageo * Nishi-ku * Ōmiya-ku * Minuma-ku

History

The villages of Ōsato, Nisshin, and Miyahara were created within Kitaadachi District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The three villages were merged with Ōmiya Town in 1940, becoming part of the city of Ōmiya. On May 1, 2001, Ōmiya merged with Urawa and Yono cities to form the new city of Saitama. When Saitama was proclaimed a designated city in 2003, the northwestern portion of former Ōmiya city consisting of the three former villages and a portion of the original Ōmiya village became Kita Ward.

Economy

A global automotive company,

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, is headquartered in the ward.

Education

Kita-ku has nine elementary schools, five junior high schools, three high schools and two special education schools. Municipal junior high schools: * Miyahara ( 宮原中学校) * Nisshin ( 日進中学校) * Taihei ( 泰平中学校) * Toro ( 土呂中学校) * Uetake ( 植竹中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Higashi Onari ( 東大成小学校) * Miyahara ( 宮原小学校) * Nisshin ( 日進小学校) * Nisshin Kita ( 日進北小学校) * Omiya Bessho ( 大宮別所小学校) * Osato ( 大砂土小学校) * Taihei ( 泰平小学校) * Tsubasa ( つばさ小学校) * Uetake ( 植竹小学校)

Transportation

Railway

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–

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line () is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). All service ...

– Utsunomiya Line *

– Kawagoe Line * * Saitama New Urban Transit ("New Shuttle") - Ina Line * - - -

Highway

* *

Military facilities

*JGSDF Camp Ōmiya *JGSDF Chemical School

Local attractions

The "

Ōmiya Bonsai Village is the nickname for the bonsai nursery precinct in , Kita-ku, Saitama, Japan. Bonsai Village is located near Ōmiya-kōen Station on the Tobu Noda Line. It is closed on every Thursday (unless the Thursday falls on a national holiday). Histor ...

" (officially was created after the

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when

bonsai Bonsai (; , ) is the Japanese art of Horticulture, growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influences and native Japanese development over a thousand years, and with unique aesthetics, cultural hist ...

nurseries relocated from

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to this area.http://members.iinet.net.au/~jold/bia/country/japan/omiya.shtml Bonsai in Japan - Omiya Bonsai Village * The Railway Museum is located on the border with Ōmiya-ku.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kita-Ku, Saitama Wards of Saitama (city)