Kitakata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 46,269
• Coordinates: 37.6500° N, 139.8667° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 219 km (136 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 68 km (43 mi), straight line
• Niigata Airport (KIJ): 74 km (46 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 96 km (59 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bange: 10 km (6 mi)
• Aizu-Wakamatsu: 19 km (12 mi)
• Aizu-misato Machi: 27 km (17 mi)
• Yonezawa: 36 km (23 mi)
• Yunokami: 39 km (24 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Aizu-Wakamatsu, 19 km (12 mi)