Tagajō (多賀城市; -shi) is a city located in Miyagi. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県; Miyagi-ken) is located in Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 62,386 and the density of 3,174.86 persons per km². The total area is 19.65 km². 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The city was founded on November 1, 1971. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
The city of Tagajo is where the capital and the defense department of Michinoku (the current Tohoku) region were located during the Nara (710-784A.D.) and Heian (794-1192A.D.) era.
The "Tohoku Historical Museum" is the largest in the Tohoku region, and is a must-see spot.
Public Transportation: Approximately 20 minutes from Sendai station to Tagajo station on the JR Senseki Line.
Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu.
Miyagi Prefecture is located in the central part of Tōhoku, facing the Pacific Ocean, and contains Tohoku's largest city, Sendai.
Although Miyagi has a good deal of fishing and agriculture, producing a great deal of rice and livestock, it is dominated by the manufacturing industries around Sendai, particularly electronics, appliances, and food processing.