Chikujō
築上町
Town
Chikujō Town Hall
Chikujō Town Hall
Flag of Chikujō
Flag
Official seal of Chikujō
Chapter
Location of Chikujō in Fukuoka Prefecture
Location of Chikujō
Chikujō is located in Japan
Chikujō
Chikujō
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 33°39′22″N 131°03′22″E / 33.65611°N 131.05611°E / 33.65611; 131.05611
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureFukuoka
DistrictChikujō
Area
 • Total119.61 km2 (46.18 sq mi)
Population
 (November 30, 2023)
 • Total16,834
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address891 Shiida, Chikujō-machi, Chikujō-gun, Fukuoka-ken 829-0392
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
FlowerPrunus mume
TreeKusunoki
Former Kurauchi Family Gardens
Hamanomiya Beach

Chikujō (築上町, Chikujō-machi) is a town located in Chikujō District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2023, the town had an estimated population of 16,834, and a population density of 140 persons per km². [1] The total area of the town is 119.61 km2 (46.18 sq mi).

Geography

Chikujō is located in the eastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, approximately halfway between Yukuhashi, Fukuoka and Nakatsu, Ōita. In the northern part of the town is the Chikushi Mountains, which includes mountains such as Mount Kubote and Mount Inugadake. The northerneast part of the town faces the Gulf of Suo on the Seto Inland Sea. The town is mostly rural. The town is roughly 75 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Fukuoka and 35 kilometers from Kitakyushu.

Neighboring municipalities

Fukuoka Prefecture

Ōita Prefecture

Climate

Chikujō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Chikujō is 15.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1663 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.[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Buzen is as shown below

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1940 19,911—    
1950 26,544+33.3%
1960 26,981+1.6%
1970 24,894−7.7%
1980 25,699+3.2%
1990 24,383−5.1%
2000 21,848−10.4%
2010 19,551−10.5%
2020 17,189−12.1%

History

The area of Chikujō was part of ancient Buzen Province. The port settlement of Shiida developed as a post station on the Nakatsu Kaidō highway. During the Sengoku period it was mostly under control of the Utsunomiya clan, who were destroyed when the area was awarded to Kuroda Kambe under Tokugawa Ieyasu. The area was partly under the control of Nakatsu Domain, with smaller areas as tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Shiida, Nishikakuta, Katsuragi, Yatsuta, Tsuiki, Kamijiroi, and Shimojoi were established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Shiida was raised to town status on September 2, 1898. Tsuiki became the site of an Imperial Japanese Navy air base from 1942. Tsuiki was raised to town status on April 1, 1955. Shiida and Tsuiki merged on January 1, 2010 to from the town of Chikujō.

Government

Chikujō has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Chikujō, collectively with the city of Buzen and the other municipalities of Chikujō District, Fukuoka contributes one member to 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.

Economy

Chikujō has a mainly rural economy based on rice cultivation and commercial fishing. The JASDF Tsuiki Air Base is located in the town.

Education

Chikujō has eight public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railways

JR Kyushu - Nippō Main Line

Highways

Local attractions

  • Former Kurauchi Family Gardens, National Place of Scenic Beauty[3]

Noted people from Chikujō

References

  1. ↑ "Chikujō Town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ↑ Chikujō climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
  3. ↑ "旧藏内氏庭園" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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