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Encyclopedia > Tamura, Fukushima

Tamura (田村市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, Japan. A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Fukushima Prefecture (福島県 Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...


The city was founded on March 1, 2005 from the merger of the former towns of Funehiki, Ogoe, Takine, and Tokiwa and the former village of Miyakoji, all from Tamura District. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Funehiki (船引町; -machi) was a town located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Ōgoe (大越町; -machi) is a town located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Takine (滝根町; -machi) is a town located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Tokiwa (常葉町; -machi) is a town located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Miyakoji (都路村; -mura) is a village located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Tamura (田村郡; -gun) is a district located in Fukushima, Japan. ...


As of June 2005, the city has an estimated population of 43,623 and a density of 95.2 persons per km². The total area is 458.30 km². Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


Landmarks

The town of Takine houses two well-known local attractions: Abukuma Limestone Caves and The Hoshi no Mura ("Villiage of Stars") Observatory. Both are popular tourist attractions.


Ohtakadoyayama Transmitter is an LF-time signal transmitter in Miyakoji-machi (都路町 is incorrectly called "Miyakoji-cho" in the external link). It is used for transmitting the time signal JJY on 40 kHz. It uses as transmission antenna a 250 metre tall guyed mast with an umbrella antenna, which is insulated against ground. JJY is the callsign of a longwave time signal radio station similar to WWVB. The station is located in Japan, operated by a branch of the Japanese government known as the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. ...


External links

  • Tamura official website in Japanese
  • JJY at NICT in English
Shadow picture of Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture
Cities
Aizuwakamatsu | Date | Fukushima (capital) | Iwaki | Kitakata | Kōriyama | Minamisōma | Motomiya | Nihonmatsu | Shirakawa | Sōma | Sukagawa | Tamura
Districts
Adachi | Date | Futaba | Higashishirakawa | Ishikawa | Iwase | Kawanuma | Minamiaizu | Nishishirakawa | Ōnuma | Sōma | Tamura | Yama
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

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The Wakausa English Program - Home (282 words)
tarted in 1988, the Wakakusa English Program seeks to provide a Christian presence and witness to the city of Tamura, Japan by sending English-speaking Christians into the community at large as English teachers.
It is his hope that by bringing English-speaking Christians to Japan, he can make a positive contribution toward changing Japanese culture (which is can be closed-off and exclusionistic) and opening hearts to one day hearing the gospel.
Accepted applicants will live and work in Tamura for two years as part of a 12-person team of English teachers.
Fukushima Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (673 words)
Fukushima is the southernmost prefecture of Tohoku, and the closest to Tokyo.
The town of Motomiya and the village of Shirasawa (both from the Adachi District) are scheduled to merge to form the new city of Motomiya on January 1, 2007.
The towns of Kawamata and Iino from the Date District are scheduled to be annexed by the city of Fukushima on July 1, 2008.
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