Chikugo Province

is the name of a old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Along with Chikuzen Province, it was sometimes called 
Chikugo had borders with Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.
History.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Kurume, Fukuoka.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Chikugo Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples.
"Kōra taisha" was the chief Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") of Chikugo.