Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū

Kokuraminami-ku (小倉南区^?) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the southern part of what used to be Kokura City, which was merged into Kitakyūshū city when the latter was created out of the merger of five cities in 1963. At this time Kokura was divided into North and South wards.

Kokuraminami ward is mainly rural and undeveloped, and includes the Hiraodai karst plateau and Sugao no taki (waterfall). However, it also includes the present airport and the airport buildings of the new Kitakyūshū Airport, and Shimosone shopping mall.

Population (2000 national census): 213,741
Area: 170.25km² (includes northern part of the new airport island)

Contents 1 Economy 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Economy

StarFlyer has its headquarters on the grounds of Kitakyūshū Airport in Kokuraminami-ku.^[1]

Gallery

See also

• Kokura Airport, formerly known as Kitakyushu airport
• New Kitakyushu Airport
• Akiyoshi plateau in nearby Yamaguchi prefecture

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kokuraminami-ku,_Kitakyushu Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū] at Wikimedia Commons

• Kokura Minami ward office official website (Japanese)

Fukuoka Prefecture Kitakyūshū Wards Moji-ku Wakamatsu-ku Tobata-ku Kokurakita-ku Kokuraminami-ku Yahatahigashi-ku Yahatanishi-ku Fukuoka (capital city) Wards Higashi-ku Hakata-ku Chūō-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Jōnan-ku Sawara-ku Cities Asakura Buzen Chikugo Chikushino Dazaifu Fukuoka (capital) Fukutsu Iizuka Itoshima Kasuga Kama Kitakyūshū Koga Kurume Miyama Miyawaka Munakata Nakama Nōgata Ogōri Ōkawa Ōmuta Ōnojō Tagawa Ukiha Yame Yanagawa Yukuhashi Districts Asakura Chikujō Chikushi Kaho Kasuya Kurate Mii Miyako Mizuma Onga Tagawa Yame See also: Towns and villages by district