![Tamura District in Fukushima Prefecture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Tamura_District_in_Fukushima_Prefecture.svg)
is a
district
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located in
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 population data but accounting for the decreases due to the formation of the city of Tamura, the district has an estimated
population
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of 30,658 and a
density
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of 155 persons per km
2. The total area is 197.87 km
2.
Towns and villages
*
Miharu
*
Ono
Mergers
*On March 1, 2005, the former towns of
Funehiki,
Ōgoe,
Takine, and
Tokiwa Tokiwa, usually written , , or , may refer to:
Places
*Tokiwa, Fukushima, a town in the north of Japan's main island
*Tokiwa, Aomori, a village in the far north of Japan's main island
Colleges and universities
*Tokiwa Junior College, Mito, Ibaraki ...
, and the former village of
Miyakoji merged, forming the city of
Tamura Tamura (usually written 田村), a Japanese placename and family name, may refer to:
In places:
*Tamura, Fukushima, a city in Japan
*Tamura District, Fukushima, in Japan
* Tamura Station, in Nagahama, Japan
People with the surname Tamura:
* Tamura ...
.
Districts in Fukushima Prefecture
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