Kita (北) is Japanese for "north." It is a common ward name, and can be found in several cities:
"Kita" is also a local term for the northern commercial district of Osaka (part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku). Also of note is Kitakyushu, a city in the Fukuoka prefecture.
Kita is also a town in Mali.
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