was a former
village
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located in
Minamiaizu District,
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 Miya ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 2,994 and a
density
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of 25.05 persons per km². The total area was 119.50 km².
On March 20, 2006, Nangō, along with town of
Tajima, and the villages of
Ina and
Tateiwa (all from
Minamiaizu District), was merged to create the town of
Minamiaizu
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,158 in 6,575 households, and a population density of 17 persons per km². The total area of the town was .
Geography
Minamiaizu is located in the m ...
.
Nangō is famous throughout Fukushima for its tomatoes.
Nangō is one of many rural areas in Japan that suffers from the problem of having a large aged population but relatively few young people. As of March 2006, there were more people aged 90 and above than people between the ages of 20 and 24 living in Nangō.
Nangō's ski and snowboard area attracts people from as far south as Tokyo. It is home to ski courses of varying difficulty, but known best for its large snowboard park.
Climate
References
External links
Minamiaizu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture
Minamiaizu, Fukushima
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