Yame District, Fukuoka

Location of Yame District in Fukuoka Prefecture

Yame (八女郡, Yame-gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As of April 1, 2010, the district has an estimated population of 20,230 and a density of 534 persons per km². The total area is 37.91 km².

Towns and villages

On October 1, 2006, the town of Jōyō merged into the city of Yame.
On February 1, 2010, the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the villages of Yabe and Hoshino merged into the city of Yame.

Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka (capital)

Wards of Fukuoka	Higashi Hakata Chūō Minami Nishi Jōnan Sawara

Wards of Kitakyushu	Moji Wakamatsu Tobata Kokurakita Kokuraminami Yahatahigashi Yahatanishi

Core city	Kurume

Cities	Asakura Buzen Chikugo Chikushino Dazaifu Fukutsu Iizuka Itoshima Kasuga Kama Koga Miyama Miyawaka Munakata Nakama Nōgata Ogōri Ōkawa Ōmuta Ōnojō Tagawa Ukiha Yame Yanagawa Yukuhashi

Asakura District	Chikuzen Tōhō

Chikujō District	Chikujō Kōge Yoshitomi

Chikushi District	Nakagawa

Kaho District	Keisen

Kasuya District	Hisayama Kasuya Sasaguri Shime Shingū Sue Umi

Kurate District	Kotake Kurate

Mii District	Tachiarai

Miyako District	Kanda Miyako

Mizuma District	Ōki

Onga District	Ashiya Mizumaki Okagaki Onga

Tagawa District	Aka Fukuchi Itoda Kawara Kawasaki Ōtō Soeda

Yame District	Hirokawa

List of mergers in Fukuoka Prefecture

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 126691197 NDL: 00429246

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