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669:Government
659:Mitsuhashi
640:Edo period
634:under the
403:Ariake Sea
382:population
234:Population
208:Government
197:Prefecture
148:33°09′47″N
1489:Tachiarai
1406:Yoshitomi
1367:Districts
1358:Yukuhashi
1209:Core city
1170:Wakamatsu
900:Kazuo Dan
881:Heian era
869:Meiji era
755:Shiotsuka
709:Education
392:Geography
261:UTC+09:00
256:Time zone
1599:Hirokawa
1577:Kawasaki
1535:Mizumaki
1440:Sasaguri
1430:Hisayama
1379:Chikuzen
1353:Yanagawa
1303:Nakagawa
1298:Munakata
1293:Miyawaka
1268:Itoshima
765:Highways
751:Tokumasu
723:Railways
461:(Köppen
353:Yanagawa
311:Wisteria
126:Yanagawa
25:Yanagawa
1562:Fukuchi
1540:Okagaki
1396:Chikujō
1258:Fukutsu
1253:Dazaifu
1243:Chikugo
1233:Asakura
1097:Higashi
1080:Fukuoka
1070:capital
1065:Fukuoka
938:, actor
739:Kamachi
697:Economy
689:of the
685:of the
598:History
453:Climate
425:Chikugo
298:Symbols
280:Website
202:Fukuoka
176:Country
1572:Kawara
1530:Ashiya
1506:Miyako
1477:Kurate
1472:Kotake
1450:Shingū
1435:Kasuya
1418:Keisen
1338:Tagawa
1313:Nōgata
1308:Nakama
1288:Miyama
1273:Kasuga
1263:Iizuka
1226:Cities
1217:Kurume
1175:Tobata
1127:Sawara
1112:Minami
1102:Hakata
896:, poet
847:柳川掘割物語
831:canals
743:Yakabe
655:Yamato
588:64,475
577:71,388
566:77,612
555:80,531
544:82,185
533:82,263
522:86,888
514:+23.9%
511:83,512
500:67,416
430:Miyama
325:Willow
307:Flower
242:62,268
190:Kyushu
185:Region
1587:Soeda
1567:Itoda
1501:Kanda
1445:Shime
1343:Ukiha
1333:Ōnojō
1328:Ōmuta
1323:Ōkawa
1318:Ogōri
1238:Buzen
1158:Wards
1122:Jōnan
1117:Nishi
1089:Wards
648:kanji
591:−9.7%
585:2020
580:−8.0%
574:2010
569:−3.6%
563:2000
558:−2.0%
552:1990
547:−0.1%
541:1980
536:−5.3%
530:1970
525:+4.0%
519:1960
508:1950
497:1940
420:Ōkawa
372:is a
179:Japan
1545:Onga
1401:Kōge
1384:Tōhō
1348:Yame
1283:Koga
1278:Kama
1165:Moji
1107:Chūō
867:, a
657:and
486:Pop.
482:Year
447:Saga
374:city
321:Tree
315:Iris
221:Area
82:Seal
72:Flag
44:City
1582:Ōtō
1557:Aka
1518:Ōki
1460:Umi
1455:Sue
463:Cfa
435:Ōki
359:柳川市
265:JST
32:柳川市
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