Kurate District, Fukuoka

Location of Kurate District in Fukuoka Prefecture

Kurate (鞍手郡, Kurate-gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 59,006 and a density of 310.97 persons per km². The total area is 189.75 km² (73 sq mi).

Towns and villages

On February 11, 2006 the towns of Miyata and Wakamiya merged to form the new city of Miyawaka.

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: 256606337 NDL: 00629935

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