Kitakata is a city situated in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. The name historically translates to "northern place" and was previously written using the kanji characters "北方".
As of March 1, 2020, the city encompassed a total area of 554.63 square kilometers (214.14 square miles). It had an estimated population of 46,269 people living in 16,769 households, resulting in a population density of approximately 83 persons per square kilometer.