Fukuoka
(Reguidit frae Fukuoka, Fukuoka)
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 | |
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| 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 | |
  Fukuoka | |
| Coordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°ECoordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Prefectur | Fukuoka |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Soichiro Takashima (syne December 2010) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 340.03 km2 (131.29 sq mi) |
| Population (Aprile 1, 2012) | |
| • Total | 1,483,052 |
| • Density | 4361.53/km2 (11,296.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| - Tree | Camphor laurel |
| - Flouer | Camellia |
| - Bird | Black-heided Gull |
| Website | www |
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
eeditFukuoka haes seven sister ceeties.[2]
Atlanta, Georgie, Unitit States
Auckland, New Zealand
Bordeaux, Fraunce (1982)
Busan, Sooth Korea
Guangzhou, Cheenae (1979)
Ipoh, Malaysie- Oakland, Californie, Unitit States
References
eedit- ↑ "The World's top 25 most liveable cities". Monocle.com. Archived frae the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 Mairch 2013.(subscription needit)
- ↑ "姉妹都市交流" (in Japanese). Fukuoka City. Archived frae the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2012. Unknown parameter
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