Yahata, Fukuoka

Yahata, Fukuoka

was a city in Japan until it was absorbed into the newly created city of Kitakyushu in 1963. [ [http://www.city.kitakyushu.jp/pcp_portal/PortalServlet;jsessionid=BC3FB681D96B142A27FCC3739D952EB0?DISPLAY_ID=DIRECT&NEXT_DISPLAY_ID=U000004&CONTENTS_ID=14927 History of KITAKYUSHU (City of Kitakyushu)] ] Its former area is as of 2007 part of two distinct wards: Yahata Higashi-ku and Yahata Nishi-ku.

ee also

* Yawata, Kyoto (city with same "kanji" name)

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