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Futaba District, Fukushima
is a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the district has a population of 72,822, which fell to 7,338 in 2015, and a density of 8.5 persons per km2. The total area is 865.12 km2. Towns and villages * Futaba * Hirono * Namie * Naraha * Ōkuma * Tomioka * Katsurao * Kawauchi See also *Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster The was a nuclear accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The proximate cause of the disaster was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on the afternoon of 11 March 2011 ... References Districts in Fukushima Prefecture {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futaba District In Fukushima Prefecture
Futaba may refer to: People * , a Japanese singer * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese professional rock climber * , Japanese educator * , Japanese women's footballer Fictional characters * Futaba, Aasu, anime character * Hotaru Futaba, a video game character * Samurai Futaba, a character played by John Belushi in Saturday Night Live Samurai * Futaba Yoshioka, the protagonist from the anime and manga series Ao Haru Ride * Futaba Sakura, a character from the video game Persona 5 * Futaba Sana, a character from the game Magia Record * Rio Futaba, a character in the anime Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai * Futaba Hanaya, a character from the Chinese/Japanese anime series To Be Herorine * Tsukushi Futaba, a character from the anime franchise BanG! Dream. Places * Futaba, Fukushima, a town in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan * Futaba, Yamanashi, a town in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi, Japan Other * Futaba Channel, a Japanese imageboard (commonly known as 2chan) * Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Japan
In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit. From 1878 to 1921The governing law, the district code (''gunsei'', 郡制Entry for the 1890 originalanentry for the revised 1899 ''gunsei''in the National Diet Library ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (''gunkai'', 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (''gunchō'', 郡長) and district offices (''gun-yakusho'', 郡役所) until 1926. district governments were roughly equivalent to a county of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city. District governments were entirely abolished by 1926. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa. Fukushima Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast at the southernmost part of the Tōhoku region, and is home to Lake Inawashiro, the fourth-largest lake in Japan. Fukushima Prefecture is the third-largest prefecture of Japan (after Hokkaido and Iwate Prefecture) and divided by mountain ranges into the three regions of Aizu, Nakadōri, and Hamadōri. History Prehistory The keyhole-shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding, inter-breeding is possible between any pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futaba, Fukushima
is a town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an actual population of zero, although as of 2017, the official registered population was 6,093 in 2,301 households. The total area of the town is . As of March 2011, the entire population was evacuated as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. However in the decade since then, 3% of the town has been open to visitors and residents, with the first residents returning on a permanent basis as of February 2022. Geography Futaba is on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, is on the southern border of Futaba in the neighboring town of Ōkuma. Surrounding municipalities *Fukushima Prefecture ** Namie ** Ōkuma Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Futaba was relatively stable until the nuclear disaster. Climate Futaba has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirono, Fukushima
270px, Hirono Thermal Power Station is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an official registered population of 4755 in 2267 households,Official statistics from home page and a of 81 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Hirono is located in southern of Fukushima Prefecture, bordering on the to the east.Climate Hirono has a |
Namie, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. the town has a population of 1,238 in 794 households, although the official registered population was 17,114 in 6853 households. The total area of the town is . The town was evacuated as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster—being directly downwind from the power plant—and was within the exclusion zone set up in response to the disaster. Following ongoing clean-up efforts, Namie's business district and town hall have reopened, but access to more heavily contaminated western parts of the town remains restricted. Geography Namie is located on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima. Surrounding municipalities * Fukushima Prefecture ** Minamisōma ** Iitate ** Kawamata ** Nihonmatsu ** Tamura ** Ōkuma ** Futaba ** Katsurao Climate Namie has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Namie is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naraha, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an official registered population of 6,784 in 2956 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km2, although the current actual resident population is significantly smaller. The total area of the town is . From 2011 until 2015, the town was evacuated due to fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. While the town wasn't severely contaminated by the fallout, restrictions on residency were held until September 2015 when cleanup efforts concluded, allowing people to return. Naraha is the first of several towns and cities near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to have been reopened to residents. Repair and reconstruction efforts have been underway in Naraha since 2016, and numerous landmarks in the town have been rebuilt and reopened. Geography Naraha is located in southern of Fukushima Prefecture, bordering on the Pacific Ocean to the east. Surrounding municipalities *Fukushima Prefecture ** I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkuma, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. In 2010, the town had a population of 11,515. However, the town was totally evacuated in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and residents were permitted return during daylight hours from May 2013. In April 2019, parts of the town were deemed to have been successfully decontaminated, with residents allowed to return to these areas. , the town had an official registered population of 11,505 in 4235 households, however this number is due to the municipality continuing to keep track of its residents despite them having been evacuated elsewhere throughout the country. The actual population resident in the town was 2578 people. The total area of the town is . Geography Ōkuma is located on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima. Ōkuma lies in the center of the Hamadōri region of Fukushima, bordered to the west by the Abukuma Highlands and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. It is set between the citie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomioka, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 1,489 in 5578 households and a population density of 21,8 persons per km², although the current actual resident population is considerably smaller than in 2010. The total area is . Geography Tomioka is located on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima. It is the location for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. The town of Tomioka is divided into two main districts, each with their own train station. To the south is Tomioka, which is the main area. To the north, on top of the hill, is Yonomori, a smaller and much newer neighborhood. Though the two areas operate under one government, physical distance makes them feel like two separate towns. Surrounding municipalities *Fukushima Prefecture ** Kawauchi ** Naraha ** Ōkuma Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Tomoka remained relatively steady until the nuclea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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