Region Kyushu | ||
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
Sawara-ku (早良区) is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyūshū, Japan.
Contents
- Map of Sawara Ward Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
- Data
- History
- Places
- Colleges
- Other schools
- Stations
- National
- Prefectural
- Municipal
- Rivers
- References
Map of Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Data
History
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 that it had been the central part of Sawara-gun.
Places
Colleges
Other schools
Stations
National
Prefectural
Municipal
Rivers
References
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA