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Chūō-ku

Chūō-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka city in Japan. The ward is located in the center of the city and has a high proportion of apartment buildings and single-person households.
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  • Type: Suburb with 193,000 residents
  • Description: ward of the City of Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Chuo”, “Chūō”, “Chuo Ku”, “Chuo Ward”, “Chuo-ku”, and “Chūō-ku, Fukuoka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include FUKUOKA PayPay Dome and Fukuoka International Conference Center.

Stadium
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Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka, officially the Fukuoka Dome is a domed baseball field located in Chūō-ku, , Japan. Home to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the 40,000 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was originally named Fukuoka Dome.

Convention center
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Fukuoka Convention Center in , is a collection of three separate buildings operated by the Fukuoka Convention Center Foundation.

Railway station
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is a major railway station in , Japan. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in , and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travelers coming from by rail travel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Hakata.

Suburb
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is one of the seven wards of in Japan. As of 1 March 2012, it has a population of 296,576, with 136,133 households, and an area of 66.68 km2. is situated 4 km northeast of Chūō-ku.

Suburb
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Hakata-ku is a ward of the city of in , Japan. Many of Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City's principal government, commercial, retail and entertainment establishments are located in the district.

Suburb
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Minami-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, . As of 2004, it had a population of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km2. As of 2016, the population had increased to 255,000 people with 8,200 per km2. is situated 4½ km southeast of Chūō-ku.

Chūō-ku

Latitude
33.5893° or 33° 35′ 21″ north
Longitude
130.3928° or 130° 23′ 34″ east
Population
193,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8Q5GH9QV+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3056908554
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7407400
Wiki­data ID
Q1156273
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Chūō-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Chuo-ku”
  • Arabic: “تشو-كو، فوكوكا”
  • Cebuano: “Chūō Ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Fukuoka-ken)”
  • Cebuano: “Chūō Ku”
  • Chinese: “中央区”
  • Chinese: “中央區”
  • Dutch: “Chūō-ku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشو-كو، فوكوكا”
  • Finnish: “Chūō-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement de Chūō”
  • French: “Chūō-ku”
  • German: “Chuo-ku”
  • German: “Chūō-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Csúó-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Chūō-ku, Fukuoka”
  • Irish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku (Fukuoka)”
  • Italian: “Chūō-ku”
  • Japanese: “Chuo-Ku”
  • Japanese: “ちゅうおうく”
  • Japanese: “チュウオウク”
  • Japanese: “ふくおかしちゅうおうく”
  • Japanese: “中央区”
  • Japanese: “福岡市中央区”
  • Korean: “주오구”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chūō-ku”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chūō-ku”
  • Persian: “چوئو-کو، فوکوئوکا”
  • Polish: “Chūō”
  • Romanian: “Chūō-ku”
  • Russian: “Тюо-ку”
  • Slovenian: “Chūō”
  • Spanish: “Chūō-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตชูโอ”
  • Turkish: “Chūō, Fukuoka”
  • “Chūō”
  • “Chūō-ku”
  • “ちゅうおうく”
  • “中央区”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 福岡市中央区役所 and Fukuoka Daimyo-2 Post Office.

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