Kitakyūshū (北九州市, Kitakyūshū-shi, literally "Northern Kyūshū") is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai. Within Japan it is a leading city in anti-pollution measures and recycling with the Ecotown facility in Wakamatsu ward.
Kitakyūshū has a population of just under one million. Together with Shimonoseki on Honshū the city is the major part of the Kanmon Straits area (北九州都市圏, 関門都市圏) which has...
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Kitakyūshū (北九州市, Kitakyūshū-shi, literally "Northern Kyūshū") is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai. Within Japan it is a leading city in anti-pollution measures and recycling with the Ecotown facility in Wakamatsu ward.
Kitakyūshū has a population of just under one million. Together with Shimonoseki on Honshū the city is the major part of the Kanmon Straits area (北九州都市圏, 関門都市圏) which has a total population of about 1.5 million (Bureau of Statistics definition).
The New Kitakyushu Airport opened on March 16, 2006 and has stimulated the local economy through tourism and business trips.
There are multiple metropolitan area definitions for this area, with populations ranging from 1.15 million to 2.4 million people, depending on definition. Please see ja:北九州都市圏. Some estimates include nearby Shimonoseki and Ube cities, but Ōita is definitely not in any definition. See also Fukuoka-Kitakyushu.
Kitakyūshū has seven wards (ku):...
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