Kitakyushu北九州市

Kitakyushu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Kitakyushu (北九州市, Kitakyushu-shi) is a city and a designated city with 7 wards in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 939,029 (2020 census), area 491.69 km². Borders 10 places.

An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.

The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.

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Facts

Japanese name

北九州市

Reading

Kitakyushu-shi

Kind

City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

939,029 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.3% from 961,286

Area

491.69 km²

Density

1,910 people per km²

Households

436,245

Under 15

11.9%

65 and over

31.7%

Foreign residents

14,314 (1.5%)

Code

40100 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

The 7 wards of Kitakyushu行政区

Kitakyushu is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.

Neighbouring municipalities

10 places share a land border with Kitakyushu, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.

• Nogata City直方市
• Yukuhashi City行橋市
• Nakama City中間市
• Ashiya Town芦屋町
• Mizumaki Town水巻町
• Kurate Town鞍手町
• Kawara Town香春町
• Fukuchi Town福智町
• Kanda Town苅田町
• Miyako Townみやこ町

Questions about Kitakyushu

Is Kitakyushu a city or a prefecture?

Kitakyushu (北九州市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly. It is a designated city, divided into 7 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.

Where is Kitakyushu?

Kitakyushu is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Kitakyushu?

939,029 at the 2020 census, down 2.3% from 961,286 in 2015. The area is 491.69 km², which is 1,910 people per km². 436,245 households. 31.7% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kitakyushu?

10: Nogata City (直方市), Yukuhashi City (行橋市), Nakama City (中間市), Ashiya Town (芦屋町), Mizumaki Town (水巻町), Kurate Town (鞍手町), Kawara Town (香春町), Fukuchi Town (福智町), Kanda Town (苅田町), and Miyako Town (みやこ町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kitakyushu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kitakyushu written in Japanese?

北九州市, read Kitakyushu-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Kitakyushu begin?

福岡県北九州市… (Fukuoka-ken, Kitakyushu-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 7 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.