Yahatanishi八幡西区

Yahatanishi-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Yahatanishi (八幡西区, Yahatanishi-ku) is a ward of Kitakyushu, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 249,933 (2020 census), area 83.13 km². Borders 7 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

八幡西区

Reading

Yahatanishi-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Kitakyushu City 北九州市

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

249,933 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.4% from 256,084

Area

83.13 km²

Density

3,007 people per km²

Households

112,674

Under 15

12.5%

65 and over

30.7%

Foreign residents

3,440 (1.4%)

Code

40109 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/yahatanishi

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

7 places share a land border with Yahatanishi, 3 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Wakamatsu Ward若松区
• Kokuraminami Ward小倉南区
• Yahatahigashi Ward八幡東区
• Nogata City直方市
• Nakama City中間市
• Mizumaki Town水巻町
• Kurate Town鞍手町

Questions about Yahatanishi

Is Yahatanishi a city?

Yahatanishi (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyushu (北九州市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Yahatanishi?

Yahatanishi is inside Kitakyushu (北九州市), 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 Yahatanishi?

249,933 at the 2020 census, down 2.4% from 256,084 in 2015. The area is 83.13 km², which is 3,007 people per km². 112,674 households. 30.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yahatanishi?

Seven: Wakamatsu Ward (若松区), Kokuraminami Ward (小倉南区), Yahatahigashi Ward (八幡東区), Nogata City (直方市), Nakama City (中間市), Mizumaki Town (水巻町), and Kurate Town (鞍手町). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Yahatanishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yahatanishi written in Japanese?

八幡西区, read Yahatanishi-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Yahatanishi begin?

福岡県北九州市八幡西区… (Fukuoka-ken, Kitakyushu-shi, Yahatanishi-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.