Namie, Fukushima
Namie
浪江町 | |
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Town | |
Namie Town Hall | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture | |
Namie | |
| Coordinates: 37°29′40.5″N 141°00′2.6″E / 37.494583°N 141.000722°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Futaba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 223.14 km2 (86.15 sq mi) |
| Population (October 2017) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Pine |
| - Flower | Cosmos |
| - Bird | Common gull |
| Phone number | 0243-62-0123 |
| Address | Kiyohashi Rokutanda 7-2, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1592 |
| Website | http://www.town.namie.fukushima.jp/ |
Namie (浪江町, Namie-machi) is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.
History
Namie was damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
In April 2011, the Japanese government made people leave here because of radiation from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.
Before people left, stone from a quarry in Namie was sent to make concrete for about 60 buildings. The stone and the concrete is radioactive.[1]
The people who used to live in Namie are called "nuclear refugees".[2]
Gallery
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Fukushima disaster evacuation zones
References
- ↑ "Radioactive crushed stone may have been used in over 80 buildings, METI says,"Japan Today, 23 January 2012;.
- ↑ "'Nuclear refugees' visit their home near stricken Fukushima plant," NBC News. 7 March 2013; retrieved 2013-3-12.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Namie, Fukushima.
- Namie official website (in Japanese)
- Translated to English Archived 2016-06-19 at the Wayback Machine by Google