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Fukuoka is the capital and largest city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and the largest city on Kyūshū, with other major cities including Kitakyushu, Kurume, and Ōmuta. [5] Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost point of Kyūshū on the Kanmon Straits, connecting the Tsushima Strait and the Seto Inland Sea across from Yamaguchi Prefecture ...
Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯoka ꜜɕi] ⓘ) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is ...
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining; [19] designation includes the sites of Miyahara Pit (宮原坑跡) and Manda Pit (万田坑跡) and an area of Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture designated tangible cultural property (8 P) Pages in category "History of Fukuoka Prefecture" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.
Under a set of 1888–1890 laws on local government [2] until the 1920s, each prefecture (then only 3 -fu and 42 -ken; Hokkaidō and Okinawa-ken were subject to different laws until the 20th century) was subdivided into cities (市, shi) and districts (郡, gun) and each district into towns (町, chō/machi) and villages (村, son/mura).
Today's Kyūshū Region (九州地方, Kyūshū-chihō) is a politically defined region that consists of the seven prefectures on the island of Kyūshū (which also includes the former Tsushima and Iki as part of Nagasaki), plus Okinawa Prefecture to the south: Northern Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture; Kumamoto Prefecture; Nagasaki Prefecture ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県 Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture located on Kyūshū island, Japan. The capital is the city of Fukuoka . The main article for this category is Fukuoka Prefecture .