is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Tagawa District,
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 S ...
,
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 ...
.
It was established on March 6, 2006, by the merger of the former towns of
Akaike,
Hōjō and
Kanada Kanada may refer to:
*Kanada (philosopher), the Hindu sage who founded the philosophy of Vaisheshika
*Kanada (family of ragas), a group of ragas in Hindustani music
*Kanada (surname)
*Kanada Station, train station in Fukuoka, Japan
*Kannada, one of ...
, all from
Tagawa District.
Mount Fukuchi () stands at the northern tip of the town. The town has an area of and an estimated population of 23,389 as of May 1, 2017.
The population density is 607.5 people per km².
The town is famous for
Agano ware
Agano may refer to:
* Agano, Niigata, a city in Niigata prefecture, Japan
* Agano River, a river in the Horuriku region of Japan
* Agano, Saitama, a village, now part of the city of Hannō
** Agano Station, a railway station Hannō, Saitama
* Agan ...
(上野焼 Agano-yaki), a type of pottery.
References
External links
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Town of Fukuchi
Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture
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