Kitakyūshū

City of Kitakyushu 北九州市
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Kitakyushu is northern city in Kyushu.
Seven wards of Kitakyushu.
Coordinates:
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)

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.

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

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

Kitakyūshū has a population of almost one million people.

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. These cities were Moji, Tobata, Yahata, Kokura and Wakamatsu.

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

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-11-30 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese
• Official website Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine in English
• Kitakyushu page of Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association website Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Kitakyushu Science and Research Park
• CCA Kitakyushu Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Kitakyushu Film Commission Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Kitakyushu International Association Archived 2008-04-05 at the Wayback Machine produces Himawari Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine – a monthly newsletter
• Kitakyushu Kicks – an unofficial English language website about Kitakyushu
• www.e-you.biz Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine – a website for foreigners in Kitakyushu
• Kitakyushu weather Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Kitakyushu guide – some tourist maps about Kitakyushu