🇯🇵 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.
1Neighboring municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture • Yame • Asakura • Ukiha • Ōkawa • Chikugo • Ogōri • Ōki • Hirokawa • Tachiarai; Saga Prefecture • Tosu • Kanzaki • Miyaki.
1Economy: 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.
1Education: University • Kurume University; ◦ Kurume University Hospital • Kurume Institute of Technology • St.Mary's College • Kurume Shin-Ai Women's College.
1Transport 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.
1Kurume 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.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kurume has links with:
🇨🇳 Hefei, China 🇯🇵 Kōriyama, Japan 🇺🇸 Modesto, USA🇺🇸 Ahwatukee Foothills 33.333
🇰🇷 Jeju Island 33.38
🇯🇵 Yatsushiro 130.6
Locations Near: Kurume 130.517,33.3167
🇯🇵 Yame 130.564,33.203 d: 13.4
🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416,33.159 d: 19.9
🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517,33.517 d: 22.2
🇯🇵 Ōmuta 130.45,33.033 d: 32.1
🇯🇵 Fukuoka 130.384,33.583 d: 32.1
🇯🇵 Higashi 130.417,33.6 d: 32.8
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