Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
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Sawara-ku (Sawara Ward, 早良区) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka-shi (Fukuoka City, 福岡市), Kyushu, Japan.
Data
- Population: 210,335 people (as of June 1, 2006)
- Area: 95.88 square kilometers (now largest of the seven wards).
Profiles
On April 1, 1972, Fukuoka-shi was designated as a government ordinance city of Japan.Then, the city was subdivided into the five wards, and the area now called Sawara-ku was part of the former Nishi-ku (then largest of the five wards).
On May 10, 1982, the former Nishi-ku was subdivided into the three wards of Nishi-ku, Sawara-ku and Jonan-ku.
Places
- Momochi-hama (百道浜): Fukuoka Tower (234 meters high), Fukuoka City Museum (famous for Kin-in (Chinese Gold Seal)), Fukuoka City Library
- Nishijin (西新): Seinan Gakuin University, Shuyukan High School
- Fujisaki (藤崎): Sawara Ward Office, Sawara Police Station
- Hara (原)
- Noke (野芥)
- Irube (入部): Sawara Ward Office Irube Branch
City Subway Stations
- Kuko Line: Nishijin, Fujisaki, Muromi (室見)
- Nanakuma Line: Noke, Kamo (賀茂), Jiromaru (次郎丸)
Roads
- City Route Chiyo-Imajuku (Karatsu-kaido Street, Meiji-dori Street)
- National Route 202 (Imajuku-shindo Street)
- National Route 202 Bypass (Sotokan Street)
- Prefectural Route 49
- Prefectural Route 56
- City Route Nishijin-Arae (Sawara-gaido Avenue)
- National Route 263 (Sawara-gaido Avenue)
- Prefectural Route 558 (Sawara-kaido Avenue, Mitsuse-kaido Avenue)
Rivers
- Muromi-gawa River
- Kanakuzu-gawa River
- Aburayama-gawa River
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