Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi) is the caipital ceety o Fukuoka Prefectur an is situatit on the northren shore o the iland o Kyushu in Japan.

Fukuoka

福岡
福岡市 · Fukuoka City
Frae tap left: Yatai in Nakasu Fukuoka Castle, Hakozaki Shrine Tenjin, Hakata Gion Yamakasa Seaside Momochi an Fukuoka Touer
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Location of Fukuoka in Fukuoka
Location of Fukuoka in Fukuoka
Fukuoka is located in Japan
Fukuoka
Fukuoka
 
Coordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°E / 33.583; 130.400Coordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°E / 33.583; 130.400
KintraJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefecturFukuoka
Govrenment
 • MayorSoichiro Takashima (syne December 2010)
Area
 • Total340.03 km2 (131.29 sq mi)
Population
 (Aprile 1, 2012)
 • Total1,483,052
 • Density4361.53/km2 (11,296.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
- TreeCamphor laurel
- FlouerCamellia
- BirdBlack-heided Gull
Websitewww.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/english/index.html

Rankit as the 12t o the warld's maist livable ceeties in the magazine Monocle in 2012, Fukuoka wis praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan settin.[1] It is the maist populous ceety in Kyushu, followed bi Kitakyushu. It is the lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie west o Keihanshin. The ceety wis designatit on Aprile 1, 1972 bi govrenment ordinance. Greater Fukuoka (福岡都市圏), wi 2.5 million fowk (2005 census), is pairt o the hivily industrialized Fukuoka-Kitakyushu zone as well as Northren Kyushu.

Internaitional relations

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Fukuoka haes seven sister ceeties.[2]

References

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  1. "The World's top 25 most liveable cities". Monocle.com. Archived frae the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 Mairch 2013.(subscription needit)
  2. "姉妹都市交流" (in Japanese). Fukuoka City. Archived frae the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2012. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)