| Kawauchi 川内村 |
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| Location of Kawauchi in Fukushima | |
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Kawauchi
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Futaba District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 197.38 km2 (76.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 3,203 |
| • Density | 16.2/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
| Website | Village of Kawauchi |
Kawauchi (川内村 Kawauchi-mura) is a village located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,203 and a density of 16.23 persons per km². The total area is 197.38 km².
North of Kawauchi, there is at a substation of Kita–Iwaki powerline, a 500 kV-line already designed for future 1100 kV operation.
On Friday, March 11th of 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred off the coast of Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures. Kawauchi was greatly affected, with many buildings sustaining moderate damage to their exteriors and great disorder and chaos inside their interiors. Though Kawauchi was safe from the tsunami that occurred shortly after, the village had to be evacuated after it was determined that the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant was facing a meltdown crisis.
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