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5 unusual facts about Kita


Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes

He founded the French forts at Kita (1881) and Bamako (1883), which became two of the key towns of French Soudan.

Borgnis-Desbordes arrived in Bafoulabé on 1 January 1881, and moved his forces onto Kita on 7 February, where he established his headquarters.

Kita-Ayase Station

The station opened on December 20, 1979, and forms the terminus to the Kita-Ayase Branch Line of the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

Massa Makan Diabaté

Born in 1938 in Kita, Massa Makan Diabaté was the descendant of a long line of West African poets (griots).

Moussa Konaté

Moussa Konaté (1951 – 30 November 2013) was a Malian writer who was born in Kita.


Armida Siguion-Reyna

Siguion-Reyna was the presenter for the television programmes “Cooking Atbp” ("Cooking etc.") and the award-winning “Áawitan Kita” ("I Will Sing for You").

Buddhist temples in Japan

For example, Kawagoe's Kita-in used to be one of three subtemples of a temple which no longer exist.

Deep underground

Hanshin Expressway Route 2 Yodogawa-Sagan Line third phase (extension from Toyosaki, Kita-ku, Osaka to Hiejima, Kadoma)

Dolzura Cortez

Her life story was made into the 1993 Filipino film Dahil Mahal Kita (English "Because I Love You: The Dolzura Cortez Story"), directed by Laurice Guillen, screenplay by Ricardo Lee, starring Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon, Charito Solis, Maila Gumila, Mikee Villanueva and Jackie Aquino.

Expo Commemoration Park

The National Museum of Art used to be in this park, but was later moved to Nakanoshima area, Kita-ku, Osaka.

Figure 17

In an interview, Takamizawa said that he was told that Figure 17 was a mix of John Carpenter's The Thing and the J-Drama series Kita no Kuni Kara (From a Northern Country).

Hiroyuki Nakajima

Nakajima opted to apply to the prestigious Hōtoku Gakuen High School within the prefecture but was rejected and ended up enrolling in Itami Kita Senior High School, a local school and a complete unknown in high school baseball.

Ichikawa

Ichikawa Gakuen (Ichikawa Junior and Senior High School) is a large private boys and girls school in Moto-kita-kata, Ichikawa, Chiba

Kan'ei-ji

What is today the temple's main hall was taken from Kita-in in Kawagoe (Saitama Prefecture) and transferred to the site of a former Kan'ei-ji subtemple.

Kitchie Nadal

Kitchie Nadal's interpretation of Iniibig Kita has been included in ABS-CBN's first tele-epiko Rounin.

Mamadou Diabaté

Diabaté was born in Kita, Mali, a town relatively near to Mali's capital of Bamako, known for its artistic and cultural prominence within the Manding community of West Africa.

Meryll Soriano

Soriano acted in movies such as Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita (1996) with Judy Ann Santos and Wowie De Guzman, and Computer Kombat (1997) with Aiza Seguerra.

Minami Alps National Park

The Park is a very mountainous region, centering on the Akaishi Mountains with several noted peaks of over 3000 meters in height, including Koma-ga-take, Senjō-ga-take, Akaishi-dake and Kita-dake.

Mount Aino

At that time, Mount Fuji had not reached its present height, and the second and third mountains (Mount Kita and Mount Hotaka) are presently only 4 and 1 metre taller, respectively.

Mount Kita

The mountain area around Mount Kita is one of the most popular in Japan, reputedly second only to the Mount Yari and Mount Hotaka area.

Nagano Prefecture

Nagano has some of the world`s most impressive highland areas, including most of the Kita-Alps Northern Alps, Chu-Alps, and Southern Alps, which extend into the neighboring prefectures.

Narding Anzures

After the war, he was paired with Lilian Velez in three LVN films, Binibiro Lamang Kita, Ang Estudyante, and Sa Kabukiran.

Paano Kita Mapasasalamatan

"Paano Kita Mapasasalamatan" is a single from Sarah Geronimo from the soundtrack for Filipinas.

Rosauro Almario

His novels included the titles Pinatatawad Kita You are Forgiven (1910), Ang Mananayaw The Dancer (1910), Mga Anak-Bukid Children of the Farmlands (1911), Mga Dahong Luksa Grieving Leaves (1912), and Nang Si Eba ay Likhain When Eve was Created (1913).

Sami Keinänen

As G-Stealer, he was a terrible manbeast from the star system Mu Arae, just like Kita.

Seison Maeda

After Maeda's home was destroyed by the firebombing of Tokyo during World War II, Maeda relocated to Kamakura, where he lived within sight of Kita-Kamakura Station from 1945 until his death in 1977 at the age of 92.

The Guys from Paradise

The Guys from Paradise (Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.


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