Itoda [town] - Itoda

Japanese: 糸田[町] - いとだ

A town in Tagawa County in the north-central part of Fukuoka Prefecture. Located in the center of the Chikuho coalfields, it became a coal mining town in the mid-Meiji period. The Heisei Chikuho Railway runs through the town. From around 1960, coal mines began to close one after another, resulting in many workers losing their jobs. Since then, rice farming, vegetable cultivation, and livestock farming have become established as part of measures to promote the coal-producing region. Area: 8.04 ^km2 . Population: 9,617 (2010).

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Japanese:

福岡県中北部，田川郡の町。筑豊炭田の中央にあり明治中期以後炭鉱町となった。平成筑豊鉄道が通じる。1960年ころから炭鉱の閉山が相次ぎ，離職者が多発。その後産炭地振興策の米作，野菜栽培，畜産が定着している。8.04km²。9617人（2010）。

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