- Iizuka, Fukuoka
Infobox City Japan
Name= Iizuka
JapaneseName= 飯塚市
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Region=Kyūshū
Prefecture= Fukuoka
District=
Area_km2= 214.13
PopDate= January 2008
Population= 132,208
Density_km2= 617
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 33
LatitudeMinutes= 39
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 130
LongtitudeMinutes= 41
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree=Camphor Laurel
Flower= Cosmos
Bird=
Symbol
SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor=Morichika Saitō
CityHallPostalCode=820-8501
CityHallAddress= 5-5 Shintateiwa, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
CityHallPhone= 0948-22-5500
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.iizuka.lg.jp/ Iizuka City]nihongo|Iizuka|飯塚市|Iizuka-shi is a city located at the confluence of the Honami and
Onga rivers in centralFukuoka Prefecture ,Japan .Iizuka was an important post-station on the Nagasaki
Kaidō during theEdo Era. AsJapan industrialised, Iizuka became the center of the most productivecoal fields in Japan located throughout the surrounding Chikuho district. After the end ofSecond World War there was a large influx of people into the city as it was one of the few areas that offered a large number of jobs in the coal mines and related fields.Since the coal mines closed, Iizuka city has suffered from a consistently declining population base. However, its proximity to both Fukuoka city and
Kitakyushu city cushioned the effect of the coal industry shutdown and kept the local economy from going into freefall. Now Iizuka has a strong light industrial base and is a center for education and a rapidly expanding IT economy.As of 2008, the former city has an estimated
population of 132,208 and a density of 617 persons per km². The total area is 214.13 km².The city was founded on
January 20 ,1932 .On March 26, 2006, the city merged with the former municipalities (all from Kaho District) and the new Iizuka was born.
People
* Prime minister
Tarō Asō was born in Iizuka and retains a large house in the city.ee also
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Kyushu Institute of Technology External links
* [http://www.kyutech.ac.jp/english/iizuka/index.html Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka campus] in English
* [http://www.city.iizuka.fukuoka.jp/ Iizuka official website of Iizuka city] in Japanese
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