Sawara-ku, Fukuoka

Sawara 早良区
Ward
Sawara Ward
Seal
Location of Sawara Ward in Fukuoka
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Fukuoka
City	Fukuoka
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)

Sawara-ku (早良区) is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyūshū, Japan.

Data

• Population: 213,178 people (as of January 1, 2012)
• Area: 95.88 square kilometers (the largest in Fukuoka-shi)

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 what had been the central part of Sawara-gun.

Places

• Momochihama (百道浜): Fukuoka Tower, Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka City Library
• Nishijin (西新): Nishijin Praliva
• Fujisaki (藤崎): Sawara Ward Office, Fukuoka Prefecture Sawara Police Station, Fujisaki Bus Terminal
• Hara (原): Aeon Hara
• Noke (野芥)
• Higashiirube (東入部): Sawara Ward Irube Branch Office

Schools

Universities and colleges

• Seinan Gakuin University at Nishijin
• Fukuoka Dental College at Tamura (田村)

Other schools

• Seinan Gakuin Junior and Senior High School at Momochihama
• Fukuoka Prefecture Shūyūkan High School at Nishijin
• Fukuoka International School at Momochi (百道)
• Fukuoka Prefecture Kōrinkan High School (the former Nishifukuoka High School) at Arita (有田)

Stations

• Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line: Nishijin, Fujisaki, Muromi (室見)
• Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line: Noke, Kamo (賀茂), Jirōmaru (次郎丸)

Avenues and streets

National

• Route 202 (Imajuku-shindō)
• Route 202 Bypass (Fukuoka Sotokanjō-dōro)
• Route 263 (Sawara-gaidō (早良街道))

Prefectural

• Route 49
• Route 56
• Route 136
• Route 558 (Hara-dōri, the former Sawara-kaidō (旧早良街道))
• Route 559 (Imajuku-shindō)

Municipal

• Chiyo-Imajuku Line (Meiji-dōri)
• Nishijin-Arae Line (Sawara-gaidō)

Rivers

• Muromi-gawa (室見川)
• Kanakuzu-gawa (金屑川)
• Aburayama-gawa (油山川)

External links

Media related to Sawara-ku, Fukuoka at Wikimedia Commons