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located in

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 ...

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, about 25 kilometers southeast of

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

. The city was founded on October 10, 1954. As of October 1, 2016, the city has a

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of 70,601 (according to the city's official home page) and a

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of 1,000 persons per km². The total area is 69.83 km².

History

The hamlet of Maeda in Yukuhashi was the birthplace of

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Geography

Climate

Yukuhashi has a

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(

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: ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Yukuhashi is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Yukuhashi was on 11 August 2013; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 19 February 1977.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Yukuhashi in 2020 is 71,426 people. Yukuhashi has been conducting censuses since 1950.

Transportation

;Air *

New Kitakyushu Airport , sometimes called Kokuraminami Airport, is an airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is built on an artificial island in the western Seto Inland Sea, away from the main body of the city. It opened on 16 March 2006, as but ...

;Train *

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** Nippo Line ***

Yukuhashi Station is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka, Japan, operated jointly by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuho Railway. Lines Yukuhashi Station is served by the Nippō Mai ...

Minami-Yukuhashi Station is a railway station in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka, Japan, operated by Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Lines Minami-Yukuhashi Station is served by the Nippō Main Line. Adjacent stations See also * List of railway stations in Japan The li ...

Shindenbaru Station is a railway station in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka, Japan, operated by Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Lines Shindembaru Station is served by the Nippō Main Line. Adjacent stations See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links b ...

Heisei Chikuhō Railway The is a third-sector operator of four railway lines in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The railway's nickname is ''Heichiku.'' Principal investors Fukuoka Prefecture holds 27.5% of the stock in the railway. The cities of Tagawa, Nōgata, and Yu ...

Tagawa Line The is a 26.3 km railway line owned by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. The line runs west along the Ima River from Yukuhashi to Tagawa, all within Fukuoka Prefecture. History The line was first built in 1895 by the , which was merged in 190 ...

Miyako-Izumi Station is a railway station in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Tagawa Line, operated by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes. On 1 April 2009, a nearby industrial valve manufacturer, , acquired nami ...

Imagawa-Kappa Station is a railway station in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Tagawa Line, operated by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes. The station name references a '' kappa'', a monster in Japanese folklore ...

- Toyotsu Station **

Coto Coto Train The Coto Coto Train is a touristic train service in the Fukuoka Prefecture region of Kyushu, southern Japan. The service started in 2019. The train is run by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Company. It was designed by Eiji Mitooka and is based on th ...

touristic service ;Road *

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Higashikyushu Expressway The is one of the expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to east of Kagoshima linking with the Kyushu Expressway. It runs north to south, through the prefectures of Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki and the Kagoshima prefec ...

***Yukuhashi Interchange - Imagawa Interchange/Service Area *

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: ** Route 10 ** Route 201 ** Route 496

References

External links

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Yukuhashi City official website
Cities in Fukuoka Prefecture {{Fukuoka-geo-stub