Wakamatsu-ku
Wakamatsu-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of 67.86 km2 and a population of about 88,594.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 82,800 residents
- Description: ward of Kitakyūshū, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Wakamatsu Ward” and “Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū”
- Historically known as: “Wakamatsu-shi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tobata Station and Kyūshūkōdaimae.
Tobata Station
Railway station
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tobata Station is a passenger railway station located in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
Kyūshūkōdaimae
Railway station
Photo: PekePON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyūshūkōdai-mae Station is a passenger railway station located in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. Its name means, literally, "In front of Kyushu Institute of Technology."…
Wakato Bridge
Bridge
Photo: UE-PON2600, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wakato Bridge, is a suspension bridge in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. The bridge opened on September 26, 1962, and it spans a length of two kilometers and has a main span of 367 meters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tobata-ku and Yahatanishi-ku.
Tobata-ku
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tobata-ku is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000.
Yahatanishi-ku
Suburb
Photo: APS, Public domain.
Yahatanishi-ku 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. Yahatanishi-ku is situated 6 km southwest of Wakamatsu-ku.
Yahatahigashi-ku
Suburb
Yahatahigashi-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the second smallest ward in Kitakyūshū after Tobata ward at only 36.36 square kilometres. Yahatahigashi-ku is situated 4½ km south of Wakamatsu-ku.
Wakamatsu-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan and locality
- Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.9055° or 33° 54′ 20″ northLongitude
130.8113° or 130° 48′ 41″ eastPopulation
82,800Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8Q5GWR46+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1791268796OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1848959Wikidata ID
Q858184
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wakamatsu-ku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واكاماتسو-كو”
- Armenian: “Վակամացու-կու”
- Catalan: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Catalan: “Wakamatsu”
- Cebuano: “Wakamatsu Ku”
- Chinese: “若松区”
- Chinese: “若松區”
- Chinese: “若松市”
- French: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- German: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Hungarian: “Vakamacu-ku”
- Indonesian: “Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū”
- Irish: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Italian: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Japanese: “わかまつく”
- Japanese: “ワカマツク”
- Japanese: “北九州市若松区”
- Japanese: “若松区”
- Korean: “와카마쓰구”
- Polish: “Wakamatsu”
- Portuguese: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Russian: “Вакаматцу”
- Spanish: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Turkish: “Wakamatsu”
- Venetian: “Wakamatsu-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Wakamatsu, Kitakyūshū”
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