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The city was designated on April 1972 by government ordinance Greater Fukuoka with a population of 25 million people is part of the industrialized Fukuoka–Kitakyushu zone As of 2015 Fukuoka is Japans sixth largest city In July 2011 Fukuoka surpassed the population of Kyoto Since the founding of Kyoto in 794 this marks the first time that a city west of the Kinki region has a larger population than Kyoto