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 km². The total area was 80.46 km².

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.

• Yabe Village Office (2006). "Yabe official website (Japanese)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2006.