Meanings
Usage patterns
〈場所〉は〈場所〉の北にあるone place is (located) north of another
Sendai is north of Tokyo.
北の脅威the threat posed by North Korea (in news contexts)
North Korea's nuclear development is an international concern.
北へ向かうto head north
We walked north along the mountain trail.
〈場所〉から北に〈数〉a certain distance north of a place
If you go ten kilometers north from here, there's a lake.
Expressions
北入ルnorth of; above (in a Kyoto address)
