Sawara-ku, Fukuoka

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

Schools

• Seinan Gakuin University (at Nishijin)
• Fukuoka Dental College (at Tamura (田村))
• Shuyukan High School (at Nishijin)
• Fukuoka Korinkan High School (the former Nishi-Fukuoka High School, at Arita (有田))

Stations (City Subway)

• 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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