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Fukuoka Prefecture

福岡県
Japanese transcription(s)
 • Japanese福岡県
 • RōmajiFukuoka-ken
Official logo of Fukuoka Prefecture
Seembol
Location of Fukuoka Prefecture
Coordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E / 33.600°N 130.583°E / 33.600; 130.583Coordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E / 33.600°N 130.583°E / 33.600; 130.583
KintraJapan
RegionKyūshū
IslandKyūshū
CaipitalFukuoka
Govrenment
 • GovrenorHiroshi Ogawa (syne Aprile 2011)
Area
 • Total4,971.01 km2 (1,919.32 sq mi)
Area rank29t
Population
 (1 September 2010)
 • Total5,071,732
 • Rank9th
 • Density1020.26/km2 (2,642.5/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeJP-40
Destricts12
Municipalities60
FlouerUme blossom (Prunus mume)
TreeAzalea (Rhododendron tsutsusi)
BirdJapanese Bush Warbler (Cettia diphone)
Websitewww.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]

History

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Fukuoka Prefecture includes the umwhile provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, an Buzen.[3]

Shrines an temples

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Kōra taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hakosagi-gū an Usa jinjū are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [4]

Geografie

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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.

Ceeties

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Twinty-aicht ceeties are locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur:

Touns an veelages

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Cairt o Fukuoka Prefectur.

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.

Mergers

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Economie

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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.

Universities

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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

Major events an festivals

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  • Hakata Dontaku Harbour Festival, Tenjin, Fukuoka on Mey 3 an 4
  • Hakata Gion Yamagasa, Kushida Shrine, Fukuoka on Julie
  • Kokura Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
  • Tobata Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
  • Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa, Kitakyushu on Julie
  • Kitahara Hakushu Festival, Yanagawa on November 1 tae 3

The sports teams leetit belaw are based in Fukuoka.

Fitbaa (soccer)
Basebaa
Basketbaa
Rugby

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]

Creeme an safety

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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]

Tourism

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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.

Transportation

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Train

Sister regions

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  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fukuoka-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 218 at Google Books.
  2. Nussbaum, "Fukuoka" in p. 218 at Google Books.
  3. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in p. 780 at Google Books.
  4. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-26.
  5. Nakamura, Ken. Marathon - A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships by K. Ken Nakamura - Part 1 1947-1966. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
  6. "Retrospection and Outlook of Crime Measure", p.15 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Masahiro Tamura, 2009, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  7. a b "Gunfire, The worst in the nation, None has been solved" Archived 2012-09-05 at Archive.today, 23 June 2011, Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese)
  8. "Fukuoka yakuza groups tackle police pressure in all-out war", 4 May 2010, The Tokyo Reporter, from Friday May 14, p.22-23 (in Japanese)
  9. 非行防げ、捜査員奮闘…少年犯罪全国ワースト1の福岡 - Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese)

References

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Freemit airtins

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