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Kyushu
Native name :
九州
Satellite picture of Kyushu
Kyushu region of Japan and the current prefectures on the island of Kyushu
Geography
Location East Asia
Archipelago Japanese Archipelago
Area 36,782 km 2 (14,202 sq mi)
Area rank 37th
Highest elevation 1,791 m (5876 ft)
Highest point Mount Kuj? [1]
Administration
Prefectures   Fukuoka Prefecture
  Kagoshima Prefecture
  Kumamoto Prefecture
  Miyazaki Prefecture
  Nagasaki Prefecture
  ?ita Prefecture
  Okinawa Prefecture
  Saga Prefecture
Largest settlement Fukuoka
Demographics
Population 12,970,479 (2016)
Pop. density 307.13/km 2 (795.46/sq mi)
Ethnic groups Japanese

Kyushu ( 九州 , Ky?sh? , literally "Nine Provinces"; Japanese:  [k??ː???ː] ) is one of Japan 's four main islands. [2] It is the most southern of the main islands and the third largest. [3]

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Ky?sh? region is made up of the entire island. [4]

The name Ky?sh? literally means "nine countries" in Japanese. Ky?sh? was made of nine old "countries" or provinces that are now prefectures. Each prefecture has a modern name and sometimes more than one old provincial name. The old names are still used sometimes, especially for foods, music, or art.

The original nine provinces in Kyushu were Chikuzen , Chikugo , Hizen , Higo , Buzen , Bungo , Hy?ga , ?sumi , and Satsuma .

Today, Kyushu is made up of seven of the prefectures of Japan .

Parts of Ky?sh? have a warm climate, like the Miyazaki and Kagoshima regions. Major crops grown there are rice , tea, tobacco, sweet potatoes, and soy; silk is also made. The island is known for many types of porcelain like Arita, Imari, Satsuma and Karatsu.

Under the Gokishichid? system, the island of Ky?sh? was a part of the region known as Saikaid? . It was a part of this region from the 7th century until the middle of the 1800s. Around 1905, it was made into its own region . In the modern system, Ky?sh? and the small islands around it are a part of the Ky?sh? region.

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References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "Kuj?-san, Japan" . Peakbagger.com .
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frederic. (2005). "Ky?sh?" in Japan Encyclopedia , p. 588 , p. 588, at Google Books
  3. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frederic. (2002). "Kyushu" in Japan Encyclopedia , pp. 588-589.
  4. ↑ LOC, "Kyushu" ; retrieved 2012-2-13.
  5. ↑ Nussbaum, " Fukuoka-ken " at p. 218; Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Fukuoka Prefecture, Regional Information Archived 2012-12-31 at the Wayback Machine ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  6. ↑ Nussbaum, "Kagoshima prefecture" at p. 447; JETRO, Kagoshima Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  7. ↑ Nussbaum, "Kumamoto prefecture" at p. 572; JETRO, Kumamoto Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  8. ↑ Nussbaum, "Miyazaki prefecture" at p. 651; JETRO, Miyaszaki Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  9. ↑ Nussbaum, "Nagasaki prefecture" at p. 683; JETRO, Nagasaki Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  10. ↑ Nussbaum, " ?ita-ken " in Japan Encyclopedia , p. 742; JETRO, Oita Prefecture, Regional Information [ permanent dead link ] ; retrieved 2012-4-6.
  11. ↑ Nussbaum, "Saga prefecture" at p. 804; JETRO, Saga Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6.

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