Tamura, Fukushima

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Tamura (田村市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, 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.

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.

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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.

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Shadow picture of Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture
Cities
Aizuwakamatsu | Date | Fukushima (capital) | Iwaki | Kitakata | Koriyama | Minamisoma | Motomiya | Nihonmatsu | Shirakawa | Soma | Sukagawa | Tamura
Districts
Adachi | Date | Futaba | Higashishirakawa | Ishikawa | Iwase | Kawanuma | Minamiaizu | Nishishirakawa | Onuma | Souma | Tamura | Yama
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit


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