Sōma District, Fukushima
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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 ...
,
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. As of 2003, the district has an estimated
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of 41,540 and a
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of 87.18 persons per km2. The total area is 476.49 km2.


Towns and villages

* Shinchi * Iitate


Merger

* On January 1, 2006 the city of Haramachi and the towns of Kashima and Odaka 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 ...
.


See also

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Radiation effects from Fukushima I nuclear accidents The radiation effects from the Fukushima nuclear accident are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and ...


References

Districts in Fukushima Prefecture {{Fukushima-geo-stub