Northern Kyushu
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Northern Kyushu Data | ||
Sum of 5 prefectures | ||
Area | 25,256.75km² | |
General Population | 10,381,372 (Sept 2008) | |
Pop Density | 411.03 per km2 (Sept 2008) |
Northern Kyushu (
This northern region encompasses the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Ōita.
History[edit]
Before 1963 it was called North Kyushu (Kitakyūshū,
It is the most urbanized and industrialized part of the Kyushu region.[2]
For the purposes of development analysis, the area is construed to include Yamaguchi Prefecture on Honshū. Although Yamaguchi is not part of Kyushu, it is a functional satellite of the Kanmon Straits metropolitan area.[3]
The region is part of the Taiheiyō Belt and comprises the Northern Kyushu Industrial Zone (ja:
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Northern Kyushu Rail Pass
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyushu" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 588-589, p. 588, at Google Books,
- ^ Sakamoto, Hiroshi. (2011). "CGE Analysis of Regional Policy in the Northern Kyushu Area." Kitakyushu: The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), Working Paper Series Vol. 2011-03
References[edit]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
External links[edit]
- Kyushu Tourism Information, Northern Kyushu maps