Fukuoka Prefecture faces the sea on three sides. The prefecture bordersSaga,Ōita, andKumamoto prefectures. Fukuoka is nearYamaguchi Prefecture across theKanmon Straits.
Fukuoka includes the two largest cities onKyūshū,Fukuoka andKitakyūshū. Smallislands are near the north coast of the prefecture.
There are 28 cities in the prefecture:
These are the towns and villages in eachdistrict of the prefecture
National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.[6]
- ↑Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002)."Fukuoka-ken" inJapan Encyclopedia, p. 218; Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),Fukuoka Prefecture, Regional InformationArchived 2012-12-31 at theWayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-6.
- ↑Nussbaum,"Fukuoka" at p. 218.
- ↑Nussbaum,"Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑Davis, Paul K. (2001).100 decisive battles: from ancient times to the present, pp. 145-147; the noun "Bun'ei" means theJapanese era name (nengō) for a time period started in February 1264 and ended in April 1275
- ↑Davis,p. 147; the noun "Kōan" means the Japanese era name for a time period which started in February 1278 and ended in April 1288.
- ↑Japan Ministry of the Environment,"General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
- ↑"Nationwide List ofIchinomiya," p. 3Archived 2013-05-17 at theWayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-4.
