Sawara

Sawara-ku is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, , Kyūshū, .
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  • Type: Suburb with 218,000 residents
  • Description: one of seven wards of the City of Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Sawara Ward”, “Sawara-ku”, and “Sawara-ku, Fukuoka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fukuoka Tower and Fukuoka City Museum.

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is a 234-metre tall located in the Momochihama area of Fukuoka, Japan. It is the tallest seaside tower in Japan. The highest observation deck at 123 metres has a 360° view of the surrounding area, being most visited at sunset.

Museum
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opened in , Japan, in 1990. The permanent exhibition, which tells the , is arranged in eleven sections, including those focussing upon the King of Na gold seal, the Kuroda clan, and the Hakata Gion Yamakasa.

Park
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is a Japanese castle located in , Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle or Seki Castle. Completed in the early Edo period for tozama daimyō Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi and Chūō-ku.

Suburb
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Nishi-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, . Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered to the east by Sawara-ku, and to the west by Itoshima.

Suburb
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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. is situated 4 km east of Sawara.

Suburb
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is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. As of November 1, 2004, it had a population of 128,057 people, making up 9.2% of Fukuoka City, with an area of 16.02 km2.

Sawara

Latitude
33.5818° or 33° 34′ 55″ north
Longitude
130.3483° or 130° 20′ 54″ east
Population
218,000
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Open location code
8Q5GH8JX+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3056905534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7407408
Wiki­data ID
Q1071779
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Sawara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساوارا-كو”
  • Cebuano: “Sawara Ku”
  • Chinese: “早良区”
  • Chinese: “早良區”
  • Dutch: “Sawara-ku”
  • Finnish: “Sawara-ku”
  • French: “arrondissement de Sawara”
  • French: “Sawara-ku”
  • German: “Sawara-ku”
  • Greek: “Σαβάρα”
  • Hungarian: “Szavara-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Sawara-ku, Fukuoka”
  • Irish: “Sawara-ku”
  • Italian: “Sawara-ku”
  • Japanese: “Sawara-Ku”
  • Japanese: “さわらく”
  • Japanese: “サワラク”
  • Japanese: “早良区”
  • Japanese: “福岡市早良区”
  • Korean: “사와라구”
  • Persian: “ساوارا-کو، فوکوئوکا”
  • Persian: “ساوارا-کو”
  • Polish: “Sawara”
  • Portuguese: “Sawara-ku”
  • Romanian: “Sawara-ku”
  • Russian: “Савара”
  • Slovenian: “Sawara”
  • Spanish: “Sawara-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตซาวาระ”
  • Turkish: “Sawara”
  • Urdu: “ساوارا-کو، فوکوکا”
  • Venetian: “Sawara-ku”
  • “Sawara-ku”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fukuoka City Sawara Ward Office and Fujisaki Station.

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