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Chikuzen Town
Fukuoka Prefecture · Town
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Chikuzen Town spreads across the northern end of the Chikugo Plain, between Fukuoka City and Kurume City. It has the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum, which tells the history of the former Tachiarai Airfield. The town also has many historic sites, such as Yakenotoge Kofun and Onamuchi Shrine, and farming, including black soybeans, is active.
Key facts
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
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture
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