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Tagawa City
Fukuoka Prefecture · City
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Tagawa City, near the center of Fukuoka Prefecture, is one of Chikuho's three coal cities and the birthplace of the Tanko-bushi miners' song. Coal-mining Memorial Park, telling the history of Chikuho's largest coal city, keeps two chimneys and a mine shaft tower. Mt. Kawara rises to the east, and mountains continue south to the sacred Mt. Hiko.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture
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