
was a
city
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located in
Fukushima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
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of 48,234 and a
density
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of 243.00 persons per km
2. The total area was 198.49 km
2.
On January 1, 2006, Haramachi, along with the towns of
Kashima and
Odaka (both from
Sōma District), was merged to create the city of
Minamisōma
is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 53,462 in 26,355 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Minamisōma is located in northea ...
.
The city was founded on March 20, 1954.
The city is about north of the
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
may refer to:
Japan
* Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture
**Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
*** Fukushima University, national university in Japan
***Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushima ...
, which had
major nuclear accidents following the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46:24 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approx ...
.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture
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