Chikugo (筑後市, Chikugo-shi) is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Fukuoka Prefecture Chikugo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.
After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Hainuzuka, Mizuta, Shimotsuma, Futagawa, and Furukawa were established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system.
On April 1, 1954, Hainuzuka merged with Mizuta and Furukawa to form the city of Chikugo Chikugo has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 17 members.
In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Fukuoka 7th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.