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.

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

• Fukuoka-Kitakyūshū

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

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

External links

• Kyushu Tourism Information, Northern Kyūshū maps