Kita-ku, Hamamatsu

Kita 北区
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	053-523-1111
Address	305 Kiga Hosoe-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-1395
Website	Kita-ku home page

Kita-ku (北区, Kita-ku) was a ward in

to the west. It is largely a residential suburb of central Hamamatsu, and a considerable portion of the ward is forested.

Kita-ku was created on April 1, 2007 when Hamamatsu became a

, which had already merged into Hamamatsu in 2005. In 2009, it had a population of 95,419 in an area of 277.63 km², with a population density of 344 persons per km².

Kita-ku is served by 14 stations on the

Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line

railway.