Toyotsu (Fukuoka)
| Toyotsu-machi (incorporated) 豊 津 町 |
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| Geographical location in Japan | |||
| Region : | Kyushu | ||
| Prefecture : | Fukuoka | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 39 ′ N , 130 ° 57 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Incorporated on: | 20 Mar 2006 | ||
| Incorporated in: | Miyako | ||
| Surface: | 19.34 km² | ||
| Residents : | 8566 (January 1, 2006) |
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| Population density : | 443 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community key : | 40624-4 | ||
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| Tree : | Ume | ||
| Flower : | Ume | ||
| Bird : | Japanese Bush Warbler | ||
| town hall | |||
| Address : |
Toyotsu Town Hall 1118 Ōaza Toyotsu Toyotsu - machi , Miyako-gun Fukuoka 824-0192 |
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| Website URL: | http://www.town.toyotsu.fukuoka.jp ( Memento from August 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) | ||
Toyotsu ( Japanese 豊 津 町 , - machi ) was a city in Miyako-gun in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka .
history
Remains from the Altstein , Jōmon , Yayoi and Kofun periods have been found in Toyotsu .
Since remains of provincial government buildings ( Kokufu ) and the provincial temple have been found in Toyotsu , it is believed that it was the capital of Buzen province .
After Ogasawara Tadanobu , the daimyo of the Han (fief) Kokura , at war with the Han Chōshū the castle Kokura burn left, he moved in 1866 to feud seat after Kawara and 1870 by Toyotsu. With the abolition of the Han on August 29, 1871, Toyotsu became the capital of the short-lived Toyotsu Prefecture , which was incorporated into Kokura Prefecture on December 25 of the same year .
In 1876, Toyotsu was a battlefield for the Akizuki uprising , one of many uprisings against the government by the recently abolished samurai caste.
On April 10, 1943, the Mura Setsumaru ( 節 丸 村 , -mura ) was incorporated into the Mura Toyotsu ( 豊 津 村 , -mura ). The appointment to Machi took place on March 1, 1955 with the incorporation of parts of the Mura Haraigō ( 祓 郷 村 , -mura ).
Toyotsu merged with Saigawa and Katsuyama on March 20, 2006 to form the new Machi Miyako .
traffic
- Street:
- National Road 10, to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima
- National Road 496, to Yukuhashi or Hita
- Train:
- Heichiku Tagawa Line , to Yukuhashi or Tagawa
education
Toyotsu is home to the Toyotsu, Setsumaru and Haraigō elementary schools, the Toyotsu Middle School, which is supported by the city, and the Ikutokukan Middle and High School, which is supported by the prefecture, in which middle and high schools are combined.
sons and daughters of the town
- Hayama Yoshiki ( 葉 山 嘉樹 , writer)
- Sakai Toshihiko ( 堺 利 彦 , socialist, thinker, writer)