Sawara早良区

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

Sawara (早良区, Sawara-ku) is a ward of Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 221,328 (2020 census), area 95.87 km². Borders 9 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

早良区

Reading

Sawara-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

221,328 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+1.6% from 217,877

Area

95.87 km²

Density

2,309 people per km²

Households

100,635

Under 15

14.8%

65 and over

24.0%

Foreign residents

2,619 (1.2%)

Code

40137 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/sawara/index.html

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Chuo Ward中央区
• Minami Ward南区
• Nishi Ward西区
• Jonan Ward城南区
• Itoshima City糸島市
• Nakagawa City那珂川市
• Saga City佐賀市(Saga)
• Kanzaki City神埼市(Saga)
• Yoshinogari Town吉野ヶ里町(Saga)

Questions about Sawara

Is Sawara a city?

Sawara (早良区) 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 Sawara?

Sawara 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 Sawara?

221,328 at the 2020 census, up 1.6% from 217,877 in 2015. The area is 95.87 km², which is 2,309 people per km². 100,635 households. 24.0% of residents are 65 or older and 14.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Sawara?

Nine: Chuo Ward (中央区), Minami Ward (南区), Nishi Ward (西区), Jonan Ward (城南区), Itoshima City (糸島市), Nakagawa City (那珂川市), 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 wards and municipalities that share a land border with Sawara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Sawara written in Japanese?

早良区, read Sawara-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 Sawara begin?

福岡県福岡市早良区… (Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi, Sawara-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.