Ky?ragi
(
?木町
,
Ky?ragi-machi
)
was a
town
located in the
Higashimatsuura District
of
Saga Prefecture
,
Japan
.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
of 5,498 and a
density
of 89.91 persons per km
2
. The total area was 61.15 km
2
.
On January 1, 2005, Ky?ragi, along with the towns of
Chinzei
,
Hamatama
,
Hizen
,
?chi
and
Yobuko
, and the village of
Kitahata
(all from
Higashimatsuura District
), was merged into the expanded city of
Karatsu
.
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Kankyo Geijutsu No Mori Park
at the foot of Mt Sakuraei is very beautiful in mid-November. Upstream from the nearby
Ky?ragi Dam
one can see 300
plum trees
(Feb-Mar) and 140
cherry trees
(Mar-Apr) in blossom.
Ky?ragi has a
train station
on the
Karatsu Line
of
Kyushu Railway Company
(JR Kyushu) running from
Nishi-Karatsu Station
in
Karatsu
to
Kubota Station
in
Saga
. The town has both a Junior and a Senior High School.
Geography
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]
Mountains:
Tenzan
(
天山
,
Tenzan
)
,
Sakureizan
(
作?山
,
Sakureizan
)
,
Onnayama
(
女山
,
Onnayama
)
,
Hachimandake
(
八幡岳
,
Hachimandake
)
,
Tsubakiyama
(
椿山
,
Tsubakiyama
)
,
T?ri'ishiyama
(
通石山
,
T?ri'ishiyama
)
,
Sasabaru
(
笹原峠
,
Sasabaru
)
,
Namise
(
波?峠
,
Namise
)
Rivers:
Ky?ragi River
(
?木川
,
Ky?ragi-gawa
)
,
Mats?ra River
(
松浦川
,
Mats?ra-gawa
)
Lakes and Marshes:
Ky?ragi Dam
(
?木ダム
,
Ky?ragi-damu
)
,
Tenzan Dam
(
天山ダム
,
Tenzan-damu
)
References
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- ^
住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報
[
Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register
] (in Japanese). ?務?統計局. 2005. p. 150.
Karatsu-shi, Hamatama-cho, Kyuragi-machi, Ochi-cho, Kitahata-mura, Hizen-cho, Chinzei-cho and Yobuko-cho were incorporated into a newly established Karatsu-shi as of January 1, 2005.