was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Tamura 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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.
On March 1, 2005, Tokiwa, along with the towns of
Funehiki,
Ōgoe and
Takine, and the village of
Miyakoji (all from
Tamura District), was merged to create 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 ...
.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
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 ...
of 6,370 and a
density
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of 75.46 persons per km². The total area was 84.41 km².
External links
Official website of Tamurain Japanese
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture
Tamura, Fukushima
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