Kita-ku, Saitama 北区
Ward
Kita Ward
Kita Ward Office, Saitama City
Location of Kita-ku in Saitama
Kita-ku, Saitama
Coordinates: 35°55′53.2″N 139°35′12.9″E / 35.931444°N 139.586917°E / 35.931444; 139.586917
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
City	Saitama
Area
• Total	16.86 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population  (March 2021)
• Total	148,935
• Density	8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
-Flower	Rapeseed
Phone number	048-835-3156
Address	1-852-1 Miyahara-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 331-8586
Website	Official website

Kita-ku (北区, Kita-ku) is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northwestern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021^[update], the ward had an estimated population of 148,935 and a population density of 8800 persons per km². Its total area was 16.86 square kilometres (6.51 sq mi).^[1]

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, Calsonic Kansei, is headquartered in the ward.^[2]

Education

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]

Transportation

Railway

JR East – Takasaki Line

• Miyahara

JR East – Utsunomiya Line

• Toro

JR East – Kawagoe Line

• Nisshin
• Saitama New Urban Transit ("New Shuttle") - Ina Line
• Kamonomiya - Higashi-Miyahara - Konba - Yoshinohara

Highway

• National Route 16
• National Route 17

Military facilities

• JGSDF Camp Ōmiya
• JGSDF Chemical School

Local attractions

The "Ōmiya Bonsai Village" (officially "Bonsai-chō" (盆栽町, lit. "Bonsai Town") was created after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake when bonsai nurseries relocated from Tokyo to this area.^[5]

• The Railway Museum is located on the border with Ōmiya-ku.