Tobata-ku
Sign in to savethumb|Location of Tobata-ku in Kitakyūshū thumb|right|Tobata Gion yamagasa float. Tobata hosts the Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival. is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000.
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thumb|Location of Tobata-ku in Kitakyūshū thumb|right|Tobata Gion yamagasa float. Tobata hosts the Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival. is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000.
==History and Geography== thumb|right|The Waka-To O-hashi bridge from the Tobata side of the Dokai wan In 1899 Tobata-cho (Tobata town) was created, and in 1924 Tobata-shi (Tobata city). The city was merged into Kitakyushu in 1963. Officially Tobata became a ward of Kitakyushu on April 1, 1963.