Tamura District, Fukushima
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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 population data but accounting for the decreases due to the formation of the city of Tamura, the district has an estimated
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of 30,658 and a
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of 155 persons per km2. The total area is 197.87 km2.


Towns and villages

* Miharu * Ono


Mergers

*On March 1, 2005, the former towns of Funehiki, Ōgoe, Takine, and Tokiwa, and the former village of Miyakoji merged, forming the city of Tamura. Districts in Fukushima Prefecture {{Fukushima-geo-stub