| Iizuka 飯塚市 |
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| Location of Iizuka in Fukuoka | |||
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Iizuka
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| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kyūshū | ||
| Prefecture | Fukuoka | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Morichika Saitō | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 214.13 km2 (82.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (January 2008) | |||
| • Total | 132,208 | ||
| • Density | 617/km2 (1,598/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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| - Tree | Camphor Laurel | ||
| - Flower | Cosmos | ||
| Phone number | 0948-22-5500 | ||
| Address | 5-5 Shintateiwa, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-8501 |
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| Website | Iizuka City | ||
Iizuka (飯塚市 Iizuka-shi) is a city located at the confluence of the Honami and Onga rivers in central Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Iizuka was an important post-station on the Nagasaki Kaidō during the Edo Era. As Japan industrialised, Iizuka became the center of the most productive coal fields in Japan located throughout the surrounding Chikuho district. After the end of Second World War there was a large influx of people into the city as it was one of the few areas that offered a large number of jobs in the coal mines and related fields.
Since the coal mines closed, Iizuka city has suffered from a consistently declining population base. However, its proximity to both Fukuoka city and Kitakyushu city cushioned the effect of the coal industry shutdown and kept the local economy from going into freefall. Now Iizuka has a strong light industrial base and is a center for education and a rapidly expanding IT economy.
As of 2008, the former city has an estimated population of 132,208 and a density of 617 persons per km². The total area is 214.13 km².
The city was founded on January 20, 1932.
On March 26, 2006, the city merged with the former municipalities (all from Kaho District) and the new Iizuka was born.
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