Kita-ku, Saitama | |
Official Name: | Kita Ward |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Ward |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | |
Coordinates: | 35.9314°N 139.5869°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Saitama |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Saitama |
Area Total Km2: | 16.86 |
Population Total: | 148935 |
Population As Of: | March 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | -Flower |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Rapeseed |
Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
Blank Info Sec2: | 048-835-3156 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1-852-1 Miyahara-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 331-8586 |
thumb|right|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 persons per km². Its total area was 16.86sqkm.[1]
Kita-ward is located in the northwestern side of the city of Saitama.
Saitama Prefecture
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.
A global automotive company, Calsonic Kansei, is headquartered in the ward.[2]
Kita-ku has nine elementary schools, five junior high schools, three high schools and two special education schools.
Municipal junior high schools:[3]
Municipal elementary schools:[4]
The "Ōmiya Bonsai Village" (officially was created after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake when bonsai nurseries relocated from Tokyo to this area.[5]