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Iizuka 飯塚市
Iizuka's location in Fukuoka, Japan.
Iizuka's location in Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Kyūshū
Prefecture	Fukuoka
Physical characteristics
Area	214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi)
Population (as of January 2008)
Total	132,208
Density	617 /km2 (1,598 /sq mi)
Location	33°39′N 130°41′E / 33.65, 130.683Coordinates: 33°39′N 130°41′E / 33.65, 130.683
Symbols
Tree	Camphor Laurel
Flower	Cosmos
Flag
Iizuka Government Office
Mayor	Morichika Saitō
Address	5-5 Shintateiwa, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-8501
Phone number	0948-22-5500
Official 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.

[edit] People

• Prime minister Tarō Asō was born in Iizuka and retains a large house in the city.

[edit] See also

• Kyushu Institute of Technology

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Iizuka, Fukuoka

• Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka campus in English
• Iizuka official website of Iizuka city in Japanese

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