Yame district
Yame is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2010, the district has an estimated population of 20,230 and a density of 534 persons per km2. The total area is 37.91 km2.- Type: district of Japan
- Description: district in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Yame” and “Yame District, Fukuoka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iwatoyama Kofun and Iwatoyama History Museum.
Iwatoyama Kofun
Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Iwatoyama Kofun is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yame and Hirokawa.
Yame
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Yame is a city in Fukuoka prefecture. Yame tea is one of the largest Japanese tea production areas, and as famous as other places like Shizuoka, Uji and Chiran.
Hirokawa
Town
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Hirokawa is a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the town had an estimated population of 19,215 in 8186 households, and a population density of 510 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 37.94 km2.
Yame district
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Thai—“Yame district” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yame-gun”
- Chinese: “八女郡”
- Dutch: “Yame District”
- French: “district de Yame”
- French: “District de Yame”
- German: “Yame-gun”
- Hungarian: “Jame körzet”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Yame, Fukuoka”
- Italian: “Distretto di Yame”
- Japanese: “やめぐん”
- Japanese: “八女郡”
- Korean: “야메군”
- Malay: “Daerah Yame, Fukuoka”
- Polish: “Powiat Yame”
- Thai: “อำเภอยาเมะ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hirokawa and Seiho.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hirokawa Bosai Dam and Nishimuta Station.
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