Ogori-Chikushino New Town - Ogori-Tsukushino New Town

...A city in the mid-west of Fukuoka Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1972. Its population was 50,612 (1995). It borders Kurume City to the south and Tosu City in Saga Prefecture to the west, and is long from north to south, occupying the Homan River basin, a tributary of the Chikugo River. The northern half is a gently undulating alluvial plateau with many fields, while the southern half is a humid rice paddy area where Japanese schistosomiasis was once prevalent. The Amagi Railway Line runs through the city, and the Nishitetsu Omuta Line runs through it, and nearby is Tosu Junction, where the Kyushu Expressway and the Nagasaki-Oita Expressway intersect. It used to be a rural area where vegetable cultivation, poultry farming, and pig farming were thriving, but in 1953 a new Ground Self-Defense Force garrison was established, and since the 1960s the number of houses has increased dramatically, turning it into a satellite city of Fukuoka City. Construction is also underway on the Nakakyushu (Ogori/Chikushino) New Town (8,000 homes), the largest in Kyushu (approximately 700 hectares) that will straddle Chikushino City to the north.

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…福岡県中西部の市。1972年市制。人口5万0612(1995)。南は久留米市，西は佐賀県鳥栖（とす）市に接し，筑後川支流の宝満川流域を占めて南北に長い。北半は緩起伏の洪積台地で畑が多く，南半は低湿な水田地帯でかつては日本住血吸虫症が発生していた。甘木鉄道線が通じ，西鉄大牟田線が縦走，すぐ近くに九州自動車道と長崎･大分自動車道が交差する鳥栖ジャンクションがある。野菜栽培や養鶏，養豚などが盛んな農村地帯であったが，1953年に陸上自衛隊駐屯地が新設され，60年代から住宅が激増して福岡市の衛星都市化しており，北隣の筑紫野市にまたがる九州最大規模(約700ha)の中九州(小郡･筑紫野)ニュータウン(8000戸)計画の建設も進んでいる。…

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