Kita-ku, Kobe This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kita-ku,_Kobe".
Kita-ku (北区; Kita-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in 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.
Coordinates: 34°47′35″N 135°09′58″E / 34.79306, 135.16611