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Sawara-ku (早良区, Sawara Ward) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka-shi (福岡市, Fukuoka City), Fukuoka-ken (福岡県, Fukuoka Prefecture), Kyūshū, Japan.

Data

Population: 210,923 people (As of February 1 2007)
Area: 95.88 square kilometers (The largest ward)

Profile

Sawara (早良) is the western part of central Fukuoka. Hakata (博多) is east central Fukuoka.

On April 1, 1889, Fukuoka was founded. The northeastern part of the former Sawara-gun (早良郡, Sawara District) was merged into Fukuoka.

On April 1 of 1972, Fukuoka was designated as a government ordinance city. Then, Fukuoka-shi was subdivided into the five wards of Hakata-ku, Chūō-ku, Higashi-ku, Minami-ku and the former Nishi-ku. The area now called Sawara-ku was the central part of the former Nishi-ku.

By March 1, 1975, the towns and the villages of the former Sawara-gun had been merged into Fukuoka.

On May 10, 1982, the former Nishi-ku was subdivided into the three wards of Sawara-ku, Jōnan-ku and Nishi-ku. Because the area now called Sawara-ku had been a central part of the former Sawara-gun, the area was named after it.

Places

Momochihama (百道浜): Fukuoka Tower, Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka City Library
Nishijin (西新): Nishijin Praliva
Fujisaki (藤崎): Sawara Ward Office, Fukuoka Prefecture Sawara Police Station, Fujisaki Bus Terminal
Hara (原): Hara Saty
Noke (野芥)
Higashiirube (東入部): Sawara Ward Irube Branch Office

Schools

Momochihama: Seinan Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
Nishijin: Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka Prefecture Shūyūkan High School
Arita (有田): Fukuoka Prefecture Kōrinkan High School
Tamura (田村): Fukuoka Dental College

Stations

Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line: Nishijin, Fujisaki, Muromi (室見)
Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line: Noke, Kamo (賀茂), Jirōmaru (次郎丸)

Roads

Sawara-kaidō Avenue (早良街道, Sawara Road) is a historical road consisting of Prefectural Route 558 and the southern part of National Route 263. Sawara-gaidō Street (早良街道) is an official road consisting of Municipal Route Nishijin-Arae and the northern part of National Route 263.

National Route 202 (Prefectural Route 559)
National Route 202 Bypass
National Route 263
Prefectural Route 49
Prefectural Route 56
Prefectural Route 136
Prefectural Route 558
Municipal Route Chiyo-Imajuku
Municipal Route Nishijin-Arae

Rivers

Muromi-gawa
Kanakuzu-gawa
Aburayama-gawa

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 '''Sawara-ku''' (早良区, Sawara [[Wards_of_Japan|Ward]]) is one of the seven wards of [[Fukuoka_City|Fukuoka-shi]] (福岡市, Fukuoka [[Cities_of_Japan|City]]), [[Fukuoka_Prefecture|Fukuoka-ken]] (福岡県, Fukuoka [[Prefectures_of_Japan|Prefecture]]), [[Kyūshū]], [[Japan]].