Fukuoka福岡市

Fukuoka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi) is a city and a designated city with 7 wards in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 1,612,392 (2020 census), area 343.46 km². Borders 11 places.

An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.

The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.

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Facts

Japanese name

福岡市

Reading

Fukuoka-shi

Kind

City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

1,612,392 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+4.8% from 1,538,681

Area

343.46 km²

Density

4,695 people per km²

Households

831,124

Under 15

12.7%

65 and over

21.9%

Foreign residents

38,671 (2.4%)

Code

40130 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

The 7 wards of Fukuoka行政区

Fukuoka is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.

Neighbouring municipalities

11 places share a land border with Fukuoka, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.

• Kasuga City春日市
• Onojo City大野城市
• Itoshima City糸島市
• Nakagawa City那珂川市
• Shime Town志免町
• Shingu Town新宮町
• Hisayama Town久山町
• Kasuya Town粕屋町
• Saga City佐賀市(Saga)
• Kanzaki City神埼市(Saga)
• Yoshinogari Town吉野ヶ里町(Saga)

Questions about Fukuoka

Is Fukuoka a city or a prefecture?

Fukuoka (福岡市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly. It is a designated city, divided into 7 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments. Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県) is the larger unit around it. On its own, the name usually means the city.

Where is Fukuoka?

Fukuoka is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Fukuoka?

1,612,392 at the 2020 census, up 4.8% from 1,538,681 in 2015. The area is 343.46 km², which is 4,695 people per km². 831,124 households. 21.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Fukuoka?

11: Kasuga City (春日市), Onojo City (大野城市), Itoshima City (糸島市), Nakagawa City (那珂川市), Shime Town (志免町), Shingu Town (新宮町), Hisayama Town (久山町), Kasuya Town (粕屋町), Saga City (佐賀市) in Saga, Kanzaki City (神埼市) in Saga, and Yoshinogari Town (吉野ヶ里町) in Saga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fukuoka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Fukuoka written in Japanese?

福岡市, read Fukuoka-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Fukuoka begin?

福岡県福岡市… (Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 7 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.