Back Kita-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Kumamoto-ken) CEB Kita-ku (Kumamoto) French Kita-ku, Kumamoto ID Kita-ku (Kumamoto) Italian 北区 (熊本市) Japanese 기타구 (구마모토시) Korean Кита-ку Serbian Kita, Kumamoto Vietnamese 北區 (熊本市) Chinese
Kita-ku (北区) 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, it has a population of 140,684 people and an area of 115.65 km2.