title: Yabe, Fukuoka
text: # Yabe, Fukuoka
  
  Yabe (矢部村, Yabe-mura) was a village located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  
  Yabe is located at 330m above sea level. The average temperature is 14 °C and the average annual precipitation is 2,706mm.
  
  As of 2006, the village had an estimated population of 1,730 and a density of 21.50 persons per $km^2.$ The total area was 80.46 $km^2.$
  
  On 1 February 2010, Yabe, along with the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the village of Hoshino (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame.
  
  