Buzen ( 豊前市 , Buzen-shi ) is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan . As of 31 December 2023 , the city had an estimated population of 23,844 in 11794 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the city is 111.10 km (42.90 sq mi).
10-515: Buzen may refer to: Buzen, Fukuoka , a city located in Fukuoka, Japan Buzen Province , an old province of Japan in northern Kyushu Jeffrey P. Buzen , a computer scientist and businessman [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
20-567: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Buzen is 15.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1623 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C. Per Japanese census data,
30-457: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kyushu Electric Kyūshū Electric Power Company ( 九州電力株式会社 , Kyūshū Denryoku Kabushiki Gaisha ) ( TYO : 9508 , OSE : 9508, FWB : 2CJ ) is a Japanese energy company that provides power to 7 prefectures ( Fukuoka , Nagasaki , Ōita , Saga , Miyazaki , Kumamoto , Kagoshima ), and recently, to some parts of Hiroshima Prefecture . Its shortened name of 九電 ( Kyuu den )
40-577: Is located in the city Buzen has ten public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education. The Buzen Chikujo Medical Association Nursing Advanced Vocational School is also located in the city. [REDACTED] JR Kyushu - Nippō Main Line This Fukuoka Prefecture location article
50-618: Is sometimes used. In 2011 the company was criticised for attempting to manipulate public opinion in favor of reactivating two reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant . Kyushu Electric Power was founded on 1 May 1951. The company began supplying electricity to Hiroshima in November 2005 - the first provider in Japan to supply energy outside its area. This article about a company or corporation involved in
60-670: The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Fukuoka 11th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Buzen has a mainly rural economy based on rice cultivation and commercial fishing for shrimp. An industrial zone has been formed around Ujima Port, with Daihatsu Auto Body moving into neighboring Nakatsu City, automobile-related factories have also been built in Buzen. The Kyushu Electric Power Buzen Thermal Power Plant
70-507: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buzen&oldid=1062191143 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Buzen, Fukuoka Buzen is located in the eastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, approximately halfway between Yukuhashi, Fukuoka and Nakatsu, Ōita . In
80-445: The name of Hachiya. On April 10, 1955, Hachiya merged with the villages of Kakuda, Yamada, Mikekado, Kurotsuchi, Senzoku, Yokobu, Aikawa, and Iwaya to form the city of Ujima. On April 14, 1955 Ujima was renamed Buzen. Buzen has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 13 members. Buzen, collectively with the municipalities of Chikujō District, Fukuoka contributes one member to
90-632: The population of Buzen is as shown below The area of Buzen was part of ancient Buzen Province . During the Edo period it was mostly under control of Nakatsu Domain , with smaller areas as tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate . After the Meiji restoration , the towns of Hachiya and Ujima were established on May 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The two towns merged on April 1, 1935, retaining
100-651: The southern part of the city is the Chikushi Mountains, which includes mountains such as Mount Kubote and Mount Inugadake. The northern part of the city faces the Gulf of Suo on the Seto Inland Sea . The town is mostly rural and extends nearly 100 km² inland towards more mountainous terrain. The city is roughly 80 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Fukuoka and 43 kilometers from Kitakyushu . Fukuoka Prefecture Ōita Prefecture Buzen has
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