Kurume
city in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
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Kurume is a core city of Japan[1]. Kurume draws 3,144 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #38 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fukuoka Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Chikugo River[5]
- Head of government: Tsutomu Okubo[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], second-level administrative division[8]
- Shares border with: Ogori[9], Asakura[10], Chikugo[11], Ōkawa-shi[12], Ukiha[13], Yame[14], Oki[15], Hirokawa[16], Tachiarai[17], Tosu[18], Kanzaki[19], Miyaki[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Modesto[21], Hefei[22], Kōriyama[23]
- Commons category: Kurume, Fukuoka[24]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[25]
- Coordinate location: 33.31925, 130.50833333333333[26], 33.303611111111, 130.56555555556[27]
- Located in/on physical feature: Chikugo Plain[28]
- Mascot: Kuruppa[29]
- Official website: https://www.city.kurume.fukuoka.jp/[30]
- Foods traditionally associated: Kurume ramen[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kurume[32]
- Commons gallery: 久留米市, 福岡県[33]
- Population: 302,858[34], 304,552[35], 302,402[36]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Kurume[37]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
- Replaces: Torikai[40], 節原村[41], 国分町 (福岡県)[42], Mii[43], Kōdaraki[44], Yamakawa[45], 合川村 (福岡県)[46], 高良内村[47], Yamamoto[48], 草野町[49], Chikuhō[50], Zendōji[51], Kitano[52], Mizuma[53]
- Capital of: Kurume Domain[54]
- Official name: 久留米市[55]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[56]
- Category for people born here: Q8060389[57]
- Native label: 久留米市[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kurume include Kurume University[59], a private university[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1928[62].
Why It Matters
Kurume has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Kurume is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Kurume include Kurume University[59], a private university[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1928[62].