Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū
- Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū
nihongo|Kokura Minami ward|小倉南区|Kokura Minami-ku is the southern part of what used to be Kokura city, which was merged into Kitakyushu city when the latter was created out of the merger of five cities in 1963. At this time Kokura was divided into North and South wards.
Kokura Minami ward is mainly rural and undeveloped, and includes the Hiraodai karst plateau and Sugao no taki (waterfall). However, it also includes the present airport and the airport buildings of the New Kitakyushu airport, and Shimosone shopping mall.
Population (2000 national census): 213,741
Area: 170.25km² (includes Northern part of the new airport island)
ee also
* Kitakyushu airport
* New Kitakyushu airport
* Akiyoshi plateau in nearby Yamaguchi prefecture
Other wards of Kitakyushu:
*Kokura Kita
*Moji
*Tobata
*Yahata Higashi
*Yahata Nishi
*Wakamatsu
External links
* [http://www.city.kitakyushu.jp/~kokura-minami/ Kokura Minami ward office] - official page (Japanese)
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū — nihongo|Kokura Kita ward|小倉北区|Kokura Kita ku is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create Kitakyushu City in 1963. JR Kyushu s Kokura Station is the main… … Wikipedia
Kokura Airport — 小倉空港 Kokura Kūkō IATA: KKJ – ICAO: RJFR Summary Airport type Public Serves Kitakyushu … Wikipedia
Kitakyushu Airport — Infobox Airport name = Kitakyūshū Airport nativename a = 北九州空港 nativename r = Kitakyūshū Kūkō IATA = KKJ ICAO = RJFR type = Public owner = operator = city served = Kitakyushu, Japan location = Kokura metric elev = y elevation m = 3 elevation f =… … Wikipedia
Kokura Racecourse — Nihongo|Kokura Racecourse|小倉競馬場|Kokura keibajō is located in Kokura Minami ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It was built in 1994. It has a capacity of 20,000. It has 1,192 seats.Physical attributesKokura Racecourse has a grass… … Wikipedia
Kitakyūshū — shi 北九州市 Geographische Lage in Japan … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kitakyūshū — shi (北九州市) Le château Kokura Administration Pays Japon Région Kyūshū … Wikipédia en Français
Kokura — shi (eingemeindet) 小倉市 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kitakyushu — Kitakyūshū Kitakyūshū shi (北九州市) Pays Japon Région Kyūshū … Wikipédia en Français
Kokura — shi (小倉市) Administration Pays Japon Région Kyūshū Préfecture Fukuoka Démographie Population 305 423 hab … Wikipédia en Français
Kitakyūshū — Infobox City Japan Name= Kitakyūshū JapaneseName= 北九州市 Map Region= Kyūshū Prefecture= Fukuoka District= Area km2= 486.81 PopDate= October 2005 Population= 993,483 Density km2= 2040.80 Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 33 LatitudeMinutes= 53… … Wikipedia
