Kitakyūshū

Kitakyūshū (北九州市, Kitakyūshū-shi, meaning "Northern Kyūshū") is a city designated by government ordinance in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It was known as a region before neighboring cities grew together.^[1]

City of Kitakyushu 北九州市
Flag Seal
Kitakyushu is northern city in Kyushu.
Seven wards of Kitakyushu.
Coordinates: 33°53′N 130°53′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Fukuoka
Settled	February 10, 1963
Government
• Mayor	Kenji Kitahashi
Area
• Total	487.71 km2 (188.31 sq mi)
Population  (June 1, 2008)
• Total	985,016
• Density	2,019.68/km2 (5,231.1/sq mi)
	Calculated population
Time zone	UTC+9 (JST)

It is a very important industrial city.^[2] It has steel factories, coal mines and car factories.

In Japan, it is an important city in reducing pollution.^[3] It also has an important recycling facility.

Kitakyūshū has a population of almost one million people.^[2]

It is on the main Shinkansen line between Fukuoka and Tokyo.

History

The city was named Kitakyūshū in 1963, after five cities were made into one.^[2] These cities were Moji, Tobata, Yahata, Kokura and Wakamatsu.^[1]

Wards

Kitakyūshū has seven wards (ku):

			Area (km2)
	Kokura Kita-ku	小倉北区	39.27
	Kokura Minami-ku	小倉南区	170.25
	Moji-ku	門司区	73.37
	Tobata-ku	戸畑区	16.66
	Yahata Higashi-ku	八幡東区	36.36
	Yahata Nishi-ku	八幡西区	83.04
	Wakamatsu-ku	若松区	67.86

Sister cities

• Dalian, China
• Incheon, South Korea
• Norfolk, Virginia, United States
• Tacoma, Washington, United States

Education

Research institutes and graduate schools

• Kitakyushu Science and Research Park(北九州学術研究都市)
  • Fukuoka University Institute for Recycling & Environmental Control System(福岡大学大学院工学研究科 資源循環・環境制御システム研究所)
  • Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology(九州工業大学 大学院生命体工学研究科)
  • The Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems/Information, Production and Systems Research Center, Waseda University(早稲田大学大学院 情報生産システム研究科 情報生産システム研究センター)

Universities and colleges

National University

• Kyushu Institute of Technology (九州工業大学)

Public universities

• Kyushu Dental College Archived 2006-08-03 at the Wayback Machine(九州歯科大学)
• University of Kitakyushu Archived 2013-05-06 at the Wayback Machine(北九州市立大学)

Private Universities

• Kyushu International University(九州国際大学)
• Kyushu Kyoritsu University Archived 2005-09-11 at the Wayback Machine(九州共立大学)
• Kyushu Nutrition Welfare University(九州栄養福祉大学)
• Kyushu Polytechnic College(九州職業能力開発大学校)
• Kyushu Women's University Archived 2007-04-15 at the Wayback Machine(九州女子大学)
• Seinan Women's University(西南女学院大学)
• The University of Environmental & Occupational Health Japan(産業医科大学)

Colleges

• Higashi Chikushi Junior College(東筑紫短期大学)
• Kyushu Women’s Junior College(九州女子短期大学)
• Orio Aishin Junior College(折尾愛真短期大学)
• Seinan Jo Gakuin University Junior College(西南女学院大学短期大学部)

Related pages

• Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
• Giravanz Kitakyushu