was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Date District,
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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. On July 1, 2008, Iino was merged into the expanded city of
Fukushima. As of 2020, the area of the former town had an estimated
population
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of 5,201 and a
population density
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of 270 persons per km².
Iino is famous for UFOs. Japan's first-ever "UFO lab" for study and observation was opened here in 2020. The UFO Fureaikan museum is also located nearby, close to Senganmori mountain.
Geography
Iino is located near the center of Fukushima Prefecture in the northern hills of the
Abukuma Highlands
The or Abukuma Mountains is a highland area of Japan that extends from the southern part of Miyagi Prefecture to the eastern part of Fukushima Prefecture and then to the northern part of Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, pref ...
. The
Abukuma River
The , with a length of , is the second longest river in the Tōhoku region of Japan and the 6th longest river in the country. It is designated as a Classification of rivers in Japan, Class A river.
It runs through Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi P ...
flows on the Western side of the town. Senganmori mountain, one of the town's symbols Prior to the merger, it was the third smallest municipality in Fukushima after the villages of
Yugawa and
Nakajima.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Iino has declined steadily since 1955.
See also
*
List of mergers in Fukushima Prefecture
*
Nakadōri
is a region comprising the middle third of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is sandwiched between the regions of Aizu to the west and Hamadōri to the east. The principal cities of the area are Kōriyama
is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Ja ...
—Central region of Fukushima Prefecture
*
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell () is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,422 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fi ...
—American city with similar UFO culture
References
External links
City of Fukushimaofficial website
Iino International UFO Labofficial website
Iino UFO Fureaikan museumofficial website
Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2008
2008 disestablishments in Japan
Fukushima (city)
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