Fukuoka福岡県
Fukuoka-ken·ふくおかけん·県 (ken), prefecture
The northern end of Kyūshū, where the tunnels and bridge from Honshū end, and the only prefecture in Kyūshū with two designated cities: Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 福岡県
- Reading
- Fukuoka-ken / ふくおかけん
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Capital
- Fukuoka 福岡市
- Population
- 5,135,214 (2020 census)
- Area
- 4,987 km²
- Density
- 1,030 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 60 — 29 cities, 29 towns, and 2 villages
- Designated cities
- Kitakyushu City, and Fukuoka City
- Districts (郡)
- 11
- Codes
- JIS 40·ISO 3166-2 JP-40
How an address here begins
福岡県福岡市…
Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, …
The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Fukuoka's 7 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.
Neighbouring prefectures
Every municipality in Fukuoka市区町村
60 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.
Designated cities政令指定都市
A designated city is divided into wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.
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Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村
A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.
Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.