was a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. On December 1, 2005, Iwashiro, along with the towns of Adachi and Tōwa (all from Adachi District), was merged into the expanded city of

Nihonmatsu is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 54,013 in 20,179 households, and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . The Adachi neighborhood of Nihonmatsu was the bir ...

. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 9,002 and a

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of 91.51 persons per km². The total area was 98.37 km². Obama Castle is located in Iwashiro.

External links

Nihonmatsu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Nihonmatsu, Fukushima {{Fukushima-geo-stub