Hirokawa Town

Fukuoka Prefecture · Town

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Hirokawa Town is inland in southern Fukuoka Prefecture, with the Kyushu Expressway and National Route 3 running north–south through it. The west is flat land on the Chikugo Plain, and the east is mountainous. It has decorated kofun (painted burial mounds) such as Sekijinsan Kofun and Kokadani Kofun, and it also produces Kurume kasuri cloth.

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Population: 19,249 915th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −3.6% 1,229th in Japanfrom 19,969 in 2020
Area: 37.94 km² 1,388th in Japan
Population density: 507 people/km² 514th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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