Asakura District, Fukuoka

Location of Asakura District in Fukuoka Prefecture

Asakura (朝倉郡, Asakura-gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 50,658 and a density of 255.01 persons per km². The total area is 198.65 km². Water wheels form one of the attractions of the district.

Towns and villages

Mergers

On March 22, 2005 the former towns of Miwa and Yasu merged, becoming the town of Chikuzen.
On March 28, 2005 the former villages of Hōshuyama and Koishiwara merged, becoming the village of Tōhō.
On March 20, 2006 the former towns of Asakura and Haki merged with the city of Amagi to form the new city of Asakura.

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

Coordinates: 33°26′10″N 130°36′15″E / 33.43611°N 130.60417°E / 33.43611; 130.60417

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