is an area in
Fukuoka-shi,
Fukuoka-ken
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamo ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
. In 1975 it was merged with Fukuoka city and hence lost its former identity.
Sawara-ku
''See
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka.''
Sawara-machi
Sawara-machi (早良町) was a town in
Sawara-gun (早良郡), Fukuoka-ken.
History
*On August 1, 1956, Sawara-machi was founded by the villages-merger of Irube-mura (入部村), Uchino-mura (内野村) and Wakiyama-mura (脇山村).
*On March 1, 1975, Sawara-machi was merged into Fukuoka-shi and, by this town-merger, Sawara-gun was dissolved.
Geography of Fukuoka
Dissolved municipalities of Fukuoka Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 1975
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