Iizuka

Iizuka 飯塚市
Ceety
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Location of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefectur
Coordinates: 33°39′N 130°41′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefectur	Fukuoka Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Morichika Saitō
Area
• Total	214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi)
Population  (January 2008)
• Total	132,208
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Camphor Laurel
• Flouer	Cosmos
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	5-5 Shintateiwa, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-8501
Website	Iizuka City

Iizuka (飯塚市, Iizuka-shi) is a ceety locatit at the confluence o the Honami an Onga rivers in central Fukuoka Prefectur, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on 20 Januar 1932.

Iizuka wis a important post-station on the Nagasaki Kaidō durin the Edo Era. As Japan industrialisit, Iizuka became the centre o the maist productive coal fields in Japan locatit throuoot the surroondin Chikuho destrict. Efter the end o Warld War II thare wis a lairge influx o fowk intae the ceety as it wis ane o the few auries that affered a lairge nummer o jobs in the coal mines an relatit fields.

Syne the coal mines closed, Iizuka Ceety has suffered frae a consistently declinin population base. Housomeivver, its proximity tae baith Fukuoka Ceety an Kitakyushu Ceety cushioned the effect o the coal industry shutdoun an kept the local economy frae goin intae freefall. Nou Iizuka haes a strang licht industrial base an is a centre for education an a rapidly expandin IT economy.

As o 2008, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 132,208 an a population density o 617 bodies per km². The total aurie is 214.13 km².

On 26 Mairch 2006, Iizuka absorbit the touns o Chikuho, Honami, Kaita an Shōnai (aw frae Kaho Destrict) tae create the new an expandit ceety o Iizuka.

Climate

Iizuka haes a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate clessification Cfa) wi hot simmers an ceul winters. Precipitation is significant throuoot the year, but is hintle heicher in simmer than in winter.

Climate data for Iizuka, Fukuoka
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	9.8 (49.6)	13.9 (57.0)	19.6 (67.3)	23.9 (75.0)	26.7 (80.1)	30.5 (86.9)	31.7 (89.1)	27.8 (82.0)	22.7 (72.9)	17.2 (63.0)	11.7 (53.1)	20.4 (68.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.4 (39.9)	5.1 (41.2)	8.4 (47.1)	13.8 (56.8)	18.2 (64.8)	21.8 (71.2)	26.2 (79.2)	26.8 (80.2)	22.7 (72.9)	16.7 (62.1)	11.5 (52.7)	6.7 (44.1)	15.2 (59.4)
Average law °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	1.0 (33.8)	3.3 (37.9)	8.6 (47.5)	13.0 (55.4)	17.8 (64.0)	22.9 (73.2)	23.1 (73.6)	18.8 (65.8)	11.7 (53.1)	6.5 (43.7)	2.1 (35.8)	10.8 (51.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	80.7 (3.18)	83.6 (3.29)	113.3 (4.46)	143.7 (5.66)	162.2 (6.39)	292.9 (11.53)	307.6 (12.11)	165.2 (6.50)	184.8 (7.28)	96.1 (3.78)	78.3 (3.08)	58.9 (2.32)	1,767.3 (69.58)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	15 (5.9)	10 (3.9)	2 (0.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	4 (1.6)	31 (12.2)
Average relative humidity (%)	71	72	71	72	73	79	80	79	80	77	76	73	75
Mean monthly sunshine oors	97.0	105.7	155.5	165.2	186.7	145.7	172.9	201.4	153.0	170.1	130.3	107.2	1,790.7
Source: NOAA (1961-1990)

See an aw

• Kyushu Institute o Technology

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Iizuka at Wikimedia Commons

• Iizuka Ceety offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)
• Kyushu Institute o Technology Iizuka campus Archived 2004-12-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)