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Kitagata (disambiguation) Kitagata may refer to: *Kitagata, Gifu is a town located in Motosu District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 18,410 and a population density of 3600 persons per km2, in 7,449 households. The total area of the t ...

''. was a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

located in Kishima District,

Saga Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefect ...

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. On March 1, 2006, Kitagata, along with the town of Yamauchi (also from Kishima District), was merged into the expanded city of Takeo.

Geography

*Rivers: Rokkaku River

Adjoining municipalities

* Ōmachi * Shiroishi * Takeo * Taku

History

During the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

the

Nagasaki Kaidō The was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by ''daimyōs'' for the ''sankin-kōtai'', and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the ''shōgun'' was imposed. The rou ...

passed through Kitagata. During the

Meiji period The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...

the Nishiki coal mine was operated and the coal industry flourished. However, it closed in 1960. *April 1, 1889 - The modern system of

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was established. The area consisted of two villages: Kitagata and Hashishita. *April 29, 1944 - Kitagata Village became Kitagata Town. *April 1, 1956 - Part of Hashishita Village was incorporated into Kitagata Town. The remaining part was incorporated into Shiroishi Town.

Education

*Kitagata Junior High School *Kitagata Elementary School

Transportation

Rail

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Sasebo Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kōhoku Station in Kōhoku, Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is part of the route connecting Sasebo wi ...

*** Kitagata Station

Road

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** Nagasaki Expressway ***Takeo-Kitagata Interchange *

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** Route 34 *Main prefectural roads **Saga Prefectural Route 25 ( Taku-Wakagi) **Saga Prefectural Route 36 ( Takeo- Fukudomi)

Notable places

*Shiki no Oka Park *Daishō-ji {{Authority control Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture Takeo, Saga