Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県, Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture in the Kyūshū region of Japan on the island of Kyūshū.^[1] The capital city is Fukuoka.^[2]

Fukuoka 福岡県
Prefecture
Japanese transcription(s)
• Romaji	Fukuoka-ken
Flag Symbol
Location of Fukuoka in Japan
Coordinates: 33°36′N 130°35′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyūshū (Saikaidō)
Island	Kyūshū
Capital	Fukuoka
Government
• Governor	Seitaro Hattori (since April 2021)
Area
• Total	4,971.01 km2 (1,919.32 sq mi)
• Rank	29th
Population  (September 1, 2010)
• Total	5,071,732
• Rank	9th
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	JP-40
Prefectural flower	Ume blossom (Prunus mume)
Prefectural tree	Azalea (Rhododendron tsutsusi)
Prefectural bird	Japanese Bush Warbler (Cettia diphone)
Number of districts	12
Number of municipalities	60
Website	www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp/somu/ multilingual/english/top.html

History

The area of Fukuoka Prefecture includes the old provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.^[3]

Timeline

• November 19, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month): Battle of Bun'ei^[4]
• August 15, 1281 (Kōan 4, 30th day of the 7th month): Battle of Kōan^[5]

Geography

Fukuoka Prefecture faces the sea on three sides. The prefecture borders Saga, Ōita, and Kumamoto prefectures. Fukuoka is near Yamaguchi Prefecture across the Kanmon Straits.

Fukuoka includes the two largest cities on Kyūshū, Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū. Small islands are near the north coast of the prefecture.

Cities

There are 28 cities in the prefecture:

Asakura Buzen Chikugo Chikushino Dazaifu Fukutsu Iizuka Itoshima Kama Kasuga Koga Kurume Miyama Miyawaka Munakata Nakama Nōgata Ogōri Ōkawa Ōmuta Ōnojō Tagawa Ukiha Yame Yanagawa Yukuhashi

Fukuoka (capital) Chūō-ku Hakata-ku Higashi-ku Jonan-ku Minami-ku Nishi-ku Sawara-ku

Kitakyūshū Kokurakita-ku Kokuraminami-ku Moji-ku Tobata-ku Wakamatsu-ku Yahatahigashi-ku Yahatanishi-ku

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district of the prefecture

Asakura District Chikuzen Tōhō Chikujō District Chikujō Kōge Yoshitomi Chikushi District Nakagawa

Kaho District Keisen Kasuya District Hisayama Kasuya Sasaguri Shime Shingū Sue Umi

Kurate District Kotake Kurate Mii District Tachiarai Miyako District Kanda Miyako

Mizuma District Ōki Onga District Ashiya Mizumaki Okagaki Onga

Tagawa District Aka Fukuchi Itoda Kawara Kawasaki Ōtō Soeda Yame District Hirokawa

National Parks

National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.^[6]

Shrines and Temples

Kōra taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hakosagi-gū and Usa-jinjū are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. ^[7]

Related pages

• Provinces of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• List of regions of Japan
• List of islands of Japan
• Kyushu National Museum
• Giravanz Kitakyushu
• Fukuoka Art Museum
• Kyushu National Museum
• Dazaifu