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617:Shingon
609:ja:直方隕石
599:History
454:Climate
448:Fukuchi
296:Symbols
278:Website
200:Fukuoka
174:Country
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1494:Ashiya
1470:Miyako
1441:Kurate
1436:Kotake
1414:Shingū
1399:Kasuya
1382:Keisen
1302:Tagawa
1277:Nōgata
1272:Nakama
1252:Miyama
1237:Kasuga
1227:Iizuka
1190:Cities
1181:Kurume
1139:Tobata
1091:Sawara
1076:Minami
1066:Hakata
809:- <
803:Nōgata
771:Ongano
743:Nōgata
589:56,238
578:57,700
567:59,182
556:62,530
548:+12.6%
545:62,595
537:−10.6%
534:55,615
523:62,179
515:+15.0%
512:58,900
501:51,209
443:Kurate
438:Kotake
428:Iizuka
355:Nōgata
317:Cosmos
313:Lilium
309:Tulipa
305:Flower
240:55,151
188:Kyushu
183:Region
124:Nōgata
23:Nōgata
1551:Soeda
1531:Itoda
1465:Kanda
1409:Shime
1307:Ukiha
1297:Ōnojō
1292:Ōmuta
1287:Ōkawa
1282:Ogōri
1202:Buzen
1122:Wards
1086:Jōnan
1081:Nishi
1053:Wards
874:Tulip
812:Akaji
775:Ganda
646:kaidō
592:−2.5%
586:2020
581:−2.5%
575:2010
570:−5.4%
564:2000
559:−0.1%
553:1990
542:1980
531:1970
526:+5.6%
520:1960
509:1950
498:1940
384:Japan
374:is a
177:Japan
1509:Onga
1365:Kōge
1348:Tōhō
1312:Yame
1247:Koga
1242:Kama
1129:Moji
1071:Chūō
949:2014
890:sumo
487:Pop.
483:Year
376:city
327:Tree
219:Area
80:Seal
70:Flag
42:City
1546:Ōtō
1521:Aka
1482:Ōki
1424:Umi
1419:Sue
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