Namie, Fukushima
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Namie 浪江町 |
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Namie Town Hall
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 Location of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture |
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 Namie
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| Coordinates: 37°29′49.5″N 141°00′2.6″E / 37.497083°N 141.000722°ECoordinates: 37°29′49.5″N 141°00′2.6″E / 37.497083°N 141.000722°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Fukushima | ||
| District | Futaba | ||
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| • Total | 223.10 km2 (86.14 sq mi) | ||
| Population (October 2016) | |||
| • Total | 0 | ||
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Pine | ||
| - Flower | Cosmos (plant) | ||
| - Bird | Common gull | ||
| Phone number | 0243-62-0123 | ||
| Address | Kiyohashi Rokutanda 7-2, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1592 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Namie (浪江町 Namie-machi?) is a town in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan. As of December 2014, the town had an official registered population of 18,386 and a population density of 82.4 persons per km². The total area was 223.10 square kilometres (86.14 sq mi).
Namie is located on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima.
The area of present-day Namie was part of Mutsu Province. The remains of Kofun period burial mounds have been found in the area. During the Nara period, it was the center of ancient Futaba District within Iwaki Province During the Edo period, it was originally part of Sōma Domain, ruled by the Sōma clan until the Meiji restoration. On April 1, 1889, the village of Namie was created within Naraha District, Fukushima, which subsequently became Futaba District in April 1896. Namie was raised to town status on March 1, 1900. The town expanded on May 1, 1956 by annexing the neighboring villages of Obori, Karino and Tsushima.
Namie was severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Besides sustaining considerable damage from the earthquake, and the tsunami (which devastated the coastal area), the town was evacuated en masse on the morning of March 12 as it is located well within the 20 kilometer exclusion radius around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It was not searched for bodies until more than one month after the tsunami.
On 15 April 2012, the city of Namie asked the Japanese government for free health-care for its residents. To monitor the long-term health the city would provide to all inhabitants health handbooks, in order to keep a thorough record of all health checks and thyroid examinations. The health books were made like the books used to monitor the health of the atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These "hibakusha" health books were free from medical fees, and Namie asked the government to set up a similar program for the people in Namie. Of the seven other cities around the nuclear plant, Futaba town was also willing to take part in this program.
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