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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Kyushu
| image_name       =Terra Kyushu 20091028.jpg
| image_caption    =Satellite picture of Kyushu
| image_map       = Japan kyushu map small.png
| map_caption    = Kyushu region of Japan and the current prefectures on the island of Kyushu
| native_name      = 九州
| native_name_lang = ja
| native_name_link = Japanese language
| location         = [[East Asia]]
| coordinates      = 
| archipelago      = [[Japanese Archipelago]]
| area_km2         = 36782
| rank             = 37th
| highest_mount    = [[Mount Kujū]]<ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=10923 |name=Kujū-san, Japan}}</ref>
| elevation_m      = 1791
| country          = {{JPN}}
| country_admin_divisions_title     = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefectures]]
| country_admin_divisions           = {{flagcountry|Fukuoka}}  <br> {{flagcountry|Kagoshima}} <br> {{flagcountry|Kumamoto}} <br> {{flagcountry|Miyazaki}} <br> {{flagcountry|Nagasaki}} <br> {{flagcountry|Oita}} <br> {{flagcountry|Okinawa}} <br> {{flagcountry|Saga}}
| country_largest_city              = [[Fukuoka]]
| population       = 12,970,479 (2016)
| density_km2      = 307.13
| ethnic_groups    = Japanese
}} 
{{nihongo|'''Kyushu'''|九州|Kyūshū|literally "Nine Provinces"; {{IPA-ja|kʲɯːꜜɕɯː|lang}}}}  is one of [[Japan]]'s four main islands.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyūshū" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 588|page=588}}</ref> It is the most southern of the main islands and the third largest.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA588&dq= "Kyushu"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 588-589.</ref> 

==Regions== 
'''Kyūshū region''' is made up of the entire island.<ref>LOC, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field%28DOCID+jp0060%29 "Kyushu"]; retrieved 2012-2-13.</ref>

The name Kyūshū literally means "nine countries" in Japanese. Kyūshū was made of nine old "countries" or provinces that are now prefectures. Each prefecture has a modern name and sometimes more than one old provincial name. The old names are still used sometimes, especially for foods, music, or art.

The original nine provinces in Kyushu were [[Chikuzen Province|Chikuzen]], [[chikugo Province|Chikugo]], [[Hizen Province|Hizen]], [[Higo Province|Higo]], [[Buzen Province|Buzen]], [[Bungo Province|Bungo]], [[Hyūga Province|Hyūga]], [[Ōsumi Province|Ōsumi]], and [[Satsuma Province|Satsuma]].

Today, Kyushu is made up of seven of the [[prefectures of Japan]]. 
* [[Fukuoka Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA218&dq= "''Fukuoka-ken''"] at p. 218; Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/fukuoka/ Fukuoka Prefecture, Regional Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231074739/http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/fukuoka/ |date=2012-12-31 }}; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA447&dq= "Kagoshima prefecture"] at p. 447; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/kagoshima/ Kagoshima Prefecture, Regional Information]; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA572&dq= "Kumamoto prefecture"] at p. 572; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/kumamoto/ Kumamoto Prefecture, Regional Information]; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Miyazaki Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA651&dq= "Miyazaki prefecture"] at p. 651; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/miyazaki/ Miyaszaki Prefecture, Regional Information]; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Nagasaki Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA683&dq= "Nagasaki prefecture"] at p. 683; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/nagasaki/ Nagasaki Prefecture, Regional Information]; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Oita Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA742&dq= "''Ōita-ken''"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 742; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/oita/ Oita Prefecture, Regional Information]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>
* [[Saga Prefecture]]<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA804&dq= "Saga prefecture"] at p. 804; JETRO, [http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region/saga/ Saga Prefecture, Regional Information]; retrieved 2012-4-6.</ref>

Parts of Kyūshū have a warm climate, like the Miyazaki and Kagoshima regions. Major crops grown there are [[rice]], tea, tobacco, sweet potatoes, and soy; silk is also made. The island is known for many types of [[porcelain]] like Arita, Imari, Satsuma and Karatsu.

Under the [[Gokishichidō]] system, the island of Kyūshū was a part of the region known as [[Saikaidō]]. It was a part of this region from the 7th century until the middle of the 1800s. Around 1905, it was made into its own [[list of regions of Japan|region]]. In the modern system, Kyūshū and the small islands around it are a part of the Kyūshū region. 

==Related pages==
* [[Provinces of Japan]]
* [[Prefectures of Japan]]
* [[List of regions of Japan]]
* [[List of islands of Japan]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
{{Commons category-inline|Kyushu}}
* [http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]
* [https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Kyushu Kyushu] -Citizendium

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