Kawauchi, Fukushima
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Kawauchi 川内村 |
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 Location of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture |
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 Kawauchi
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| Coordinates: 37°20′15″N 140°48′34″E / 37.33750°N 140.80944°ECoordinates: 37°20′15″N 140°48′34″E / 37.33750°N 140.80944°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Fukushima | ||
| District | Futaba | ||
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| • Total | 197.38 km2 (76.21 sq mi) | ||
| Population (December 2014) | |||
| • Total | 2,552 | ||
| • Density | 12.9/km2 (33/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Abies firma | ||
| - Flower | Enkianthus campanulatus | ||
| - Bird | Japanese bush-warbler | ||
| Phone number | 0240-38-2111 | ||
| Address | Kamikawauchi, Kawauchi-mura, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1292 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Kawauchi (川内村 Kawauchi-mura?) is a village located in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2014, the village had an official registered population of 2,552 and a population density of 12.9 persons per km², although the current actual resident population is much lower. The total area was 197.38 square kilometres (76.21 sq mi).
Kawauchi is located in the Abukuma Plateau of central Fukushima with a mean altitude of between 400 and 500 meters. North of Kawauchi, there is at 37°22′53″N 140°48′16″E / 37.38139°N 140.80444°E a substation of Kita–Iwaki powerline, a 500 kV-line already designed for future 1100 kV operation.
The area of present-day Kawauchi was part of Mutsu Province. After the Meiji restoration, on April 1, 1889, the village of Kawauchi was created within Futaba District, Fukushima.
Kawauchi suffered moderate damage from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, the eastern portion of the village is located within the nominal 20-kilometer exclusion zone of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and as a result of wind patterns following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the entire population of the village was evacuated by government order by May 2011. A portion of the village was re-opened in March 2012.
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