Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
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Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West.
In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaidō which has recently become a tourist area.
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Economy[]
Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.[1]
Facilities[]
- Honjo Stadium
Education[]
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North Korean schools:[2]
- Kyushu Korean Junior-Senior High School
- Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School (北九州朝鮮初級学校)
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External links[]
Media related to Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 33°51′41″N 130°45′37″E / 33.86139°N 130.76028°E
- Wards of Kitakyushu