Nishi-ku, Fukuoka
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Nishi-ku (西区;-ku) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered to the east by Sawara-ku, and to the west by Maebaru and Shima. As of 2003, it had a population of 173,813 people and an area of 83.81 km2. It has recently gained additional infrastructure in the form of the Nanakuma Line.
At the time of Fukuoka City's official designation as a City in 1972, Nishi-ku covered an area larger that it does today. On May 1, 1982, Nishi-ku was subdivided into the three smaller wards of Nishi-ku, Sawara-ku and Jōnan-ku.
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