Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan

Neighboring municipalities | Economy : Industry | Education : University | Transport

🇯🇵 Kurume (久留米市) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. In 2005, the town of Kitano (from Mii District), the towns of Jōjima and Mizuma (both from Mizuma District), and the town of Tanushimaru (from Ukiha District) were merged into Kurume.

Neighboring municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture • Yame • Asakura • Ukiha • Ōkawa • Chikugo • Ogōri • Ōki • Hirokawa • Tachiarai; Saga Prefecture • Tosu • Kanzaki • Miyaki.

Economy: Industry Traditional products of Kurume are kasuri(絣), or woven indigo-dyed cloth; tonkotsu ramen (pork-bone broth noodles); and trays and bowls made from rantai shikki (籃胎漆器), a composite made from lacquered bamboo.

Education: University • Kurume University; ◦ Kurume University Hospital • Kurume Institute of Technology • St.Mary's College • Kurume Shin-Ai Women's College.

Transport Kurume Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kyudai Main Line east to Oita, while Nishitetsu Kurume Station is served by the Nishitetsu Amagi Line.

Asia/Tokyo/Fukuoka_Prefecture 

Kurume has a population of over 303,579 people. Kurume also forms part of the wider Fukuoka Prefecture which has a population of over 5,590,378 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Kurume see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kurume has links with:

🇨🇳 Hefei, China 🇯🇵 Kōriyama, Japan 🇺🇸 Modesto, USA

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North of: 33.317

🇺🇸 Ahwatukee Foothills 33.333

🇨🇳 Yancheng 33.348

🇹🇳 Medenine 33.35

🇺🇸 Gilbert 33.352

🇯🇵 Tosu 33.361

🇨🇳 Longnan 33.37

🇺🇸 Newnan 33.371

🇰🇷 Jeju 33.38

🇰🇷 Jeju Island 33.38

🇺🇸 Hoover 33.388

South of: 33.317

🇯🇵 Hita 33.317

🇮🇶 Shūrīyah 33.317

🇮🇶 Karkh 33.317

🇺🇸 Chandler 33.312

🇮🇶 Baghdad 33.3

🇯🇵 Beppu 33.274

🇱🇧 Tyre 33.271

🇲🇦 Berrechid 33.267

🇯🇵 Saga 33.267

🇯🇵 Imari 33.263

East of: 130.517

🇯🇵 Kagoshima 130.55

🇯🇵 Tamana 130.56

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564

🇯🇵 Yatsushiro 130.6

🇯🇵 Uki 130.679

🇯🇵 Iizuka 130.683

🇯🇵 Yamaga 130.689

🇯🇵 Kumamoto 130.7

🇯🇵 Kumamoto City 130.712

🇯🇵 Kōshi 130.78

West of: 130.517

🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517

🇯🇵 Tosu 130.515

🇯🇵 Ōmuta 130.45

🇯🇵 Arao 130.437

🇯🇵 Higashi 130.417

🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416

🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384

🇰🇵 Rason 130.383

🇨🇳 Hunchun 130.366

🇯🇵 Izumi 130.36

Antipodal to Kurume is: -49.483,-33.317

Locations Near: Kurume 130.517,33.3167

🇯🇵 Tosu 130.515,33.361 d: 4.9  

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564,33.203 d: 13.4  

🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416,33.159 d: 19.9  

🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517,33.517 d: 22.2  

🇯🇵 Saga 130.3,33.267 d: 20.9  

🇯🇵 Ōmuta 130.45,33.033 d: 32.1  

🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384,33.583 d: 32.1  

🇯🇵 Higashi 130.417,33.6 d: 32.8  

🇯🇵 Arao 130.437,32.986 d: 37.5  

🇯🇵 Yamaga 130.689,33.007 d: 38  

Antipodal to: Kurume -49.483,-33.317

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19732.2  

🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19696.3  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19627.7  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19616.6  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19613  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19613.8  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19611.2  

🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19604.1  

🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19597.9  

🇧🇷 São Leopoldo -51.149,-29.772 d: 19590.5  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 33.3167 130.517

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