Yame District, Fukuoka

Yame (八女郡, Yame-gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As of April 1, 2010, the district has an estimated population of 20,230 and a density of 534 persons per km². The total area is 37.91 km².

Towns and villages

• Hirokawa

Mergers

• On October 1, 2006, the town of Jōyō merged into the city of Yame.
• On February 1, 2010, the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the villages of Yabe and Hoshino merged into the city of Yame.

External links

• Brief introduction of Yame tea in English

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Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka (capital)

Fukuoka

Wards	Higashi Hakata Chūō Minami Nishi Jōnan Sawara

Kitakyushu

Wards	Moji Wakamatsu Tobata Kokurakita Kokuraminami Yahatahigashi Yahatanishi

Core city

• Kurume

Cities

• Asakura
• Buzen
• Chikugo
• Chikushino
• Dazaifu
• Fukutsu
• Iizuka
• Itoshima
• Kasuga
• Kama
• Koga
• Miyama
• Miyawaka
• Munakata
• Nakagawa
• Nakama
• Nōgata
• Ogōri
• Ōkawa
• Ōmuta
• Ōnojō
• Tagawa
• Ukiha
• Yame
• Yanagawa
• Yukuhashi

Districts

• Asakura District
  • Chikuzen
  • Tōhō
• Chikujō District
  • Chikujō
  • Kōge
  • Yoshitomi
• Kaho District
  • Keisen
• Kasuya District
  • Hisayama
  • Kasuya
  • Sasaguri
  • Shime
  • Shingū
  • Sue
  • Umi
• Kurate District
  • Kotake
  • Kurate
• Mii District
  • Tachiarai
• Miyako District
  • Kanda
  • Miyako
• Mizuma District
  • Ōki
• Onga District
  • Ashiya
  • Mizumaki
  • Okagaki
  • Onga
• Tagawa District
  • Aka
  • Fukuchi
  • Itoda
  • Kawara
  • Kawasaki
  • Ōtō
  • Soeda
• Yame District
  • Hirokawa

List of mergers in Fukuoka Prefecture

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