Chikujō District, Fukuoka

Location of Chikujō District in Fukuoka Prefecture

Chikujō (築上郡, Chikujō-gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,695 and a density of 195.79 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 187.42 km².

Towns and villages

1896 Formed by the merger of both Tsuiki and Kōge Districts.
On October 11, 2005 the villages of Shin'yoshitomi and Taihei merged to form the new town of Kōge.
On January 10, 2006 the towns of Shiida and Tsuiki merged to form the new town of Chikujō.

Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka (capital)

Wards of Fukuoka	Higashi Hakata Chūō Minami Nishi Jōnan Sawara

Wards of Kitakyushu	Moji Wakamatsu Tobata Kokurakita Kokuraminami Yahatahigashi Yahatanishi

Core city	Kurume

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

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

List of mergers in Fukuoka Prefecture

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 258770920 NDL: 00641078

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