Northern Kyūshū

Northern Kyūshū
Northern Kyūshū Data
Sum of 5 prefectures
Area 25,256.75km²
General Population 10,381,372
(Sept 2008)
Pop Density 411.03 per km²
(Sept 2008)

Northern Kyūshū (北部九州 hokubu kyūshū?) is a subregion of Kyūshū.[1]

This northern region encompasses the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Ōita.

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History

The northern region of Kyūshū was the first to be colonized by the Chinese and Koreans.[2]

Before 1963 it was called North Kyūshū (Kitakyūshū, 北九州) until the city of Kitakyūshū was formed. To avoid confusion the name was changed.

It is the most urbanized and industrialized part of the Kyūshū region.[2]

For the purposes of development analysis, the area is construed to include Yamaguchi Prefecture on Honshū. Although Yamaguchi not part of Kyūshū, it is a functional satellite of the Kanmon Straits metropolitan area.[3]

The region is part of the Taiheiyō Belt and comprises the Northern Kyūshū Industrial Zone (ja:北九州工業地帯)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Northern Kyūshū Rail Pass
  2. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyūshū" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 588-589 at Google Books,
  3. ^ Sakamoto, Hiroshi. (2011). "CGE Analysis of Regional Policy in the Northern Kyushu Area." Kitakyushu: The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), Working Paper Series Vol. 2011-03

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