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Yahatanishi-ku (八幡西区) is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 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.
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Map of Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaidō which has recently become a tourist area.
Economy
Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward.
Facilities
Education
North Korean schools:
References
Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA