Kurogi, Fukuoka
was a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 14,023 and a density of 103.50 persons per km². The total area was 135.49 km². On February 1, 2010, Kurogi, along with the town of Tachibana, and the villages of Hoshino and Yabe (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame. See also *Groups of Traditional Buildings is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castl ... External links Yame official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2010 {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flag Of Kurogi Fukuoka
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List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... References {{reflist External links "Large_City_System_of_Japan";_graphic_shows_towns_compared_with_other_Japanese_city_types_at_p._1_[PDF_7_of_40/nowiki>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yame District, Fukuoka
is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2010, the district has an estimated population of 20,230 and a density of 534 persons per km2. The total area is 37.91 km2. Towns and villages * Hirokawa Mergers *On October 1, 2006, the town of Jōyō merged into the city of Yame. *On February 1, 2010, the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the villages of Yabe and Hoshino merged into the city of Yame is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,372 and a population density of 1,000.81 persons per km². The total area was 39.34 km². On Oct .... External links Brief introduction of Yame teain English Districts in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the south, and Ōita Prefecture to the southeast. 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, Fukuoka, Ōmuta. Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost point of Kyūshū on the Kanmon Straits, connecting the Tsushima Strait and Seto Inland Sea across from Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshu, and extends south towards the Ariake Sea. History Fukuoka Prefecture includes the Old provinces of Japan, former provinces of Chikugo Province, Chikugo, Chikuzen Province, Chikuzen, and Buzen Province, Buzen. Shrines and temples Kōra taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usuall ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tachibana, Fukuoka
was a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 12,020 and a density of 138.73 persons per km². The total area was 86.64 km². On February 1, 2010, Tachibana, along with the town of Kurogi, and the villages of Hoshino and Yabe (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,372 and a population density of 1,000.81 persons per km². The total area was 39.34 km². On Oct .... External links Yame official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2010 {{coord, 33, 12, N, 130, 35, E, region:JP_type:city, display=title ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hoshino, Fukuoka
was a village located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,707 and a density of 45.61 persons per km². The total area was 81.28 km². On February 1, 2010, Hoshino, along with the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the village of Yabe (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame. See also *The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan is a Japanese nonprofit organization of listing some of the most beautiful villages and towns in Japan. The association is active on enhancement and protection of Japanese rural heritage, cultural fairs & branding and promotion of regional, nat ... External links Yame official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2010 {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yabe, Fukuoka
was a village located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Yabe is located at 330m above sea level. The average temperature is 14 °C and the average annual precipitation is 2,706mm. As of 2006, the village had an estimated population of 1,730 and a density of 21.50 persons per km2. The total area was 80.46 km2. On 1 February 2010, Yabe, along with the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the village of Hoshino (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,372 and a population density of 1,000.81 persons per km². The total area was 39.34 km². On Oct .... References * Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2010 {{Fukuoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yame, Fukuoka
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,372 and a population density of 1,000.81 persons per km². The total area was 39.34 km². On October 1, 2006 the town of Jōyō (from Yame District) was merged into Yame. On February 1, 2010, the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the villages of Hoshino and Yabe (all from Yame District) were merged into Yame. After the merger, as of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 69,907, with 23,885 households and a population density of 144.88 persons per km². The total area is 482.53 km², which is second largest area within Fukuoka Prefecture. Yamecha is produced in Yame and surrounding areas, and is a tea known throughout Japan. Yame natives include former livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie and NiziU leader Mako Yamaguchi (山口真子). Geography Climate Yame has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Köppen is a G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Groups Of Traditional Buildings
is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castle towns, mining towns, merchant quarters, ports, farming or fishing villages, etc. The Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes and protects the country's cultural properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. Municipalities can designate items of particular importance as and approve measures to protect them. Items of even higher importance are then designated by the central government. The Agency for Cultural Affairs then provides guidance, advice, and funds for repairs and other work. Additional support is given in the form of preferential tax treatment. As of May 31, 2021, 126 districts have been classified as Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings. List of Imp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |