Ukiha, Fukuoka
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Template:Nihongo is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Template:As of, the city had an estimated population of 27,723 in 11449 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2.<ref name="Ukiha-hp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The total area of the city is Template:Cvt.
Geography
Ukiha is located in southern Fukuoka Prefecture, adjacent to Hita City in Oita Prefecture. It borders Asakura City across the Chikugo River, Tanushimaru-cho, Kurume City to the west, and Hoshino-mura, Yame City to the south.
Neighboring municipalities
Fukuoka Prefecture
Climate
Ukiha has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ukiha is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1875 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.<ref>Ukiha climate: Average Temperature, weather by month</ref>
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ikiha is as shown below
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History
The area of Ukiha was part of ancient Chikugo Province. During the Edo Period the area was under the control of Kurume Domain. After the Meiji restoration, the village of Ukiha was established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Ukima merged with the village of Tsubago on April 1, 1929 to form the village of Miyuki, which was raised to town status on January 1, 1951. Three months later, Miyuki merged with the villages of Oishi, Himeji and Yamaharu to form the town of Ukiha. Ukiha absorbed the town of Yoshii and was raised to city status on March 20, 2005.
Government
Ukiha has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Ukiha, collectively with the city of Kurume, contributes five members to the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Fukuoka 6th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Transportation
Railways
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Highways
Sister cities
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Notable sites
- Chikugo-Yoshii, designated under the Groups of Traditional Buildings
National Historic Sites
Notable people from Ukiha
- Kenji Darvish - drummer of Golden Bomber, Japanese rock band.
- Hideo Murata - rōkyoku and enka singer
- Shinichi Ikejiri - writer and physician
- Shinya Izumi - politician
- Yasunoshin Shinohara - inspector general and jujutsu master of Shinsengumi
- Shuntaro Torigoe - journalist
- Shunsuke Imamura - Olympic track cyclist and professional road cyclist
Related people
- Ellison Onizuka - His grandfather and mother were born in this city, and he visited there in 1983. There is "Ellison Onizuka Bridge" commemorate him.
References
External links
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- Ukiha City official website Template:In lang
- Ukiha page of Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association Website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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