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Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県, Fukuoka-ken) - A prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.

Fukuoka Prefecture faces the sea on three sides, bordering on Saga, Ōita, and Kumamoto prefectures and facing Yamaguchi Prefecture across the Kanmon Straits.

Fukuoka includes the two largest cities on Kyūshū, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, and much of Kyūshū's industry. It also includes a number of small islands near the north coast of Kyūshū.

Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.

Fukuoka Prefecture has signed Friendship Agreements with Delhi, India and Bangkok, Thailand. The population of 2006 was about 1,414,417.

Twenty-eight cities are located in Fukuoka Prefecture:

Asakura
Buzen
Chikugo
Chikushino
Dazaifu
Fukuoka (capital)
Chūō-ku
Hakata-ku
Higashi-ku
Jonan-ku
Minami-ku
Nishi-ku
Sawara-ku Fukutsu
Iizuka
Kama
Kasuga
Kitakyushu
Kokurakita-ku
Kokuraminami-ku
Moji-ku
Tobata-ku
Wakamatsu-ku
Yahatahigashi-ku
Yahatanishi-ku
Koga
Kurume
Maebaru
Miyama
Miyawaka
Munakata
Nakama
Nōgata
Ogōri
Ōkawa
Ōmuta
Ōnojō
Tagawa
Ukiha
Yame
Yanagawa
Yukuhashi

Information source: “Fukuoka Prefecture.” wikipedia.org. Article date: 10 Feb. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Mar. 2008 <Fukuoka Prefecture>.

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