Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu

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Yahata Nishi-ku (Yahata West) is a ward of Kitakyushu. It ward covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 at January 1, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West.

In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaido which has recently become a tourist area.

[edit] Facilities

• Honjo Stadium

[edit] See also

• Other wards of Kitakyushu:
  • Kokura Kita
  • Kokura Minami
  • Moji
  • Tobata
  • Wakamatsu
  • Yahata Higashi

[edit] Official pages

• Yahata Nishi ward office

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