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Sawara-ku, Fukuoka

Coordinates: 33°34′55″N 130°20′54″E / 33.58194°N 130.34833°E / 33.58194; 130.34833
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Sawara
早良区
Sawara Ward
Official seal of Sawara
Location of Sawara Ward in Fukuoka
Location of Sawara Ward in Fukuoka
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureFukuoka
CityFukuoka
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)

Sawara-ku (早良区) is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyūshū, Japan.

Data

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  • Population: 213,178 people (as of January 1, 2012)
  • Area: 95.88 square kilometers (the largest in Fukuoka-shi)

History

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

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

On March 1, 1975, Sawara-machi (早良町) was merged into Fukuoka-shi.

On May 10, 1982, the former Nishi-ku was subdivided into three wards: Sawara-ku, Jōnan-ku and Nishi-ku. Sawara-ku was named after what had been the central part of Sawara-gun.

Places

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  • 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): Aeon Hara
  • Noke (野芥)
  • Higashiirube (東入部): Sawara Ward Irube Branch Office

Schools

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Universities and colleges

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Other schools

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  • Seinan Gakuin Junior and Senior High School at Momochihama
  • Fukuoka Prefecture Shūyūkan High School at Nishijin
  • Fukuoka International School at Momochi (百道)
  • Fukuoka Prefecture Kōrinkan High School (the former Nishifukuoka High School) at Arita (有田)

Stations

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

Avenues and streets

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National

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  • Route 202 (Imajuku-shindō)
  • Route 202 Bypass (Fukuoka Sotokanjō-dōro)
  • Route 263 (Sawara-gaidō (早良街道))

Prefectural

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  • Route 49
  • Route 56
  • Route 136
  • Route 558 (Hara-dōri, the former Sawara-kaidō (旧早良街道))
  • Route 559 (Imajuku-shindō)

Municipal

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  • Chiyo-Imajuku Line (Meiji-dōri)
  • Nishijin-Arae Line (Sawara-gaidō)

Rivers

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  • Muromi-gawa (室見川)
  • Kanakuzu-gawa (金屑川)
  • Aburayama-gawa (油山川)
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33°34′55″N 130°20′54″E / 33.58194°N 130.34833°E / 33.58194; 130.34833