Fukuoka
Appearance
Fukuoka 福岡 | |
---|---|
福岡市 · Fukuoka City | |
![]() Frae tap left: Yatai in Nakasu Fukuoka Castle, Hakozaki Shrine Tenjin, Hakata Gion Yamakasa Seaside Momochi an Fukuoka Touer | |
![]() Location of Fukuoka in Fukuoka | |
Coordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°ECoordinates: 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kyushu |
Prefectur | Fukuoka |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Soichiro Takashima (syne December 2010) |
Area | |
• Total | 340.03 km2 (131.29 sq mi) |
Population (Aprile 1, 2012) | |
• Total | 1,483,052 |
• Density | 4361.53/km2 (11,296.3/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
- Tree | Camphor laurel |
- Flouer | Camellia |
- Bird | Black-heided Gull |
Website | www |
Fukuoka (福岡市 Fukuoka-shi) is the caipital ceety o Fukuoka Prefectur an is situatit on the northren shore o the iland o Kyushu in Japan.
Rankit as the 12t o the warld's maist livable ceeties in the magazine Monocle in 2012, Fukuoka wis praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan settin.[1] It is the maist populous ceety in Kyushu, followed bi Kitakyushu. It is the lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie west o Keihanshin. The ceety wis designatit on Aprile 1, 1972 bi govrenment ordinance. Greater Fukuoka (福岡都市圏), wi 2.5 million fowk (2005 census), is pairt o the hivily industrialized Fukuoka-Kitakyushu zone as well as Northren Kyushu.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Fukuoka haes seven sister ceeties.[2]
Atlanta, Georgie, Unitit States
Auckland, New Zealand
Bordeaux, Fraunce (1982)
Busan, Sooth Korea
Guangzhou, Cheenae (1979)
Ipoh, Malaysie
Oakland, Californie, Unitit States
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "The World's top 25 most liveable cities". Monocle.com. Archived frae the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 Mairch 2013.(subscription needit)
- ↑ "姉妹都市交流" (in Japanese). Fukuoka City. Archived frae the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2012. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help)