Chuo中央区

Chuo-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Chuo (中央区, Chuo-ku) is a ward of Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 205,501 (2020 census), area 15.39 km². Borders 4 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

中央区

Reading

Chuo-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Fukuoka City 福岡市

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

205,501 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+6.6% from 192,688

Area

15.39 km²

Density

13,353 people per km²

Households

127,391

Under 15

9.9%

65 and over

18.2%

Foreign residents

4,996 (2.4%)

Code

40133 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/chuo

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

4 places share a land border with Chuo, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Hakata Ward博多区
• Minami Ward南区
• Jonan Ward城南区
• Sawara Ward早良区

Questions about Chuo

Is Chuo a city?

Chuo (中央区) is a ward of Fukuoka (福岡市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Chuo?

Chuo is inside Fukuoka (福岡市), 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 Chuo?

205,501 at the 2020 census, up 6.6% from 192,688 in 2015. The area is 15.39 km², which is 13,353 people per km². 127,391 households. 18.2% of residents are 65 or older and 9.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Chuo?

Four: Hakata Ward (博多区), Minami Ward (南区), Jonan Ward (城南区), and Sawara Ward (早良区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Chuo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Chuo written in Japanese?

中央区, read Chuo-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Chuo begin?

福岡県福岡市中央区… (Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, Chuo-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.