Fukuoka Prefecture 福岡県 | |
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Japanese transcription(s) | |
• Japanese | 福岡県 |
• Rōmaji | Fukuoka-ken |
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Coordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E / 33.600°N 130.583°ECoordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E / 33.600°N 130.583°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kyūshū |
Island | Kyūshū |
Caipital | Fukuoka |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Hiroshi Ogawa (syne Aprile 2011) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,971.01 km2 (1,919.32 sq mi) |
Area rank | 29t |
Population (1 September 2010) | |
• Total | 5,071,732 |
• Rank | 9th |
• Density | 1020.26/km2 (2,642.5/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | JP-40 |
Destricts | 12 |
Municipalities | 60 |
Flouer | Ume blossom (Prunus mume) |
Tree | Azalea (Rhododendron tsutsusi) |
Bird | Japanese Bush Warbler (Cettia diphone) |
Website | www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp/somu/ multilingual/english/top.html |
Fukuoka Prefectur (福岡県 Fukuoka-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit on Kyushu Island.[1] The caipital is the ceety o Fukuoka.[2]
Fukuoka Prefecture includes the umwhile provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, an Buzen.[3]
Kōra taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hakosagi-gū an Usa jinjū are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [4]
Fukuoka Prefectur faces the sea on three sides, borderin on Saga, Ōita, an Kumamoto prefecturs an facin Yamaguchi Prefectur athort the Kanmon Straits.
Fukuoka includes the twa lairgest ceeties on Kyūshū, Fukuoka an Kitakyushu, an much o Kyūshū's industrie. It includes a nummer o smaw islands near the north coast o Kyūshū.
Twinty-aicht ceeties are locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur:
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Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.
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Main airticle: Leet o mergers in Fukuoka Prefectur |
Fukuoka prefectur's main ceeties form ane o Japan's main industrial centres, accoontin for nearly 40% o the economie o Kyūshū. Major industries include automobiles, semiconductors, an steel. Fukuoka prefectur is notewirthy as the place whaur tire manufacturer Bridgestone[1] Archived 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine an consumer electronics chain Best Denki wur foondit.
Institution | Location |
Fukuoka University | Fukuoka |
Kurume University | Kurume |
Kyushu Institute of Technology | Kitakyushu an Iizuka |
Kyushu University | Fukuoka an Kasuga |
Seinan Gakuin University | Fukuoka |
Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences | Dazaifu |
Kyushu Sangyo University | Fukuoka |
Fukuoka Women's University | Fukuoka |
The sports teams leetit belaw are based in Fukuoka.
The prefectur haes twa significant annual athletics events: the Fukuoka International Cross Country an the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship. The marathon race haes been held in Fukuoka syne 1959 an haes seen a nummer o warld records breuken durin its history.[5]
Fukuoka Prefectur haes the lairgest nummer o designatit yakuza groups amang aw o the prefecturs, at 5; the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.[6] Atween 2004 an 2009, an in early 2011,[7] Fukuoka Prefectur leads the naition in gun-relatit incidents.[8] Thir incidents wur maistly relatit tae the local yakuza syndicates, specifically the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.[7]
Fukuoka Prefectur haes haed the heichest frequency o youth creeme amang aw o the prefecturs o Japan syne 2003.[9]
The maist popular place for tourism is Fukuoka Ceety, especially at the time o the Dontaku festival, an Dazaifu, awtho Kitakyūshū haes tree'd tae attract tourists an aw.
Relatit page: Kyushu Naitional Museum |
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