Namie (Fukushima)
Namie (Japanese浪 江 町, machi ) is a town in the district of Futaba Japanese Fukushima Prefecture.
Geography
Namie is located on the Pacific Ocean. 10 km away from the coast, the highlands Abukuma increases, which is characterized by forests and largely uninhabited. Deep in this highland extends the western half of Namie, which is connected only to a relatively narrow corridor of the much more populated eastern part.
Namie is surrounded by Minamisoma in the northeast, in the north of Iitate, Kawamata in the northwest, Nihonmatsu and Tamura in the West, Katsurao in the southwest, as well as Okuma and Futaba in the south.
History
The community of Namie was founded during the nationwide reorganization of the municipal system on April 1, 1889 and was located in the former County Shineha (标 叶 郡, -gun ). This county was (双 叶 郡, -gun ), literally, on 1 April 1896 the county Naraha (楢 叶 郡, -gun ) to the district of Futaba, " two ha (叶) " merged.
On March 1, 1900, the scale-up of a village community ( mura ) was carried to the small town ( machi ).
On October 10, 1953, the villages were Ukedo (几 世 桥村, -mura ) southeast or northeast incorporated by Namie (请 戸 村, -mura ) and Kiyohashi. On May 1, 1956 Obori followed (大 堀 村, -mura ) southwest, Karino (苅 野村, -mura ) west and Tsushima (津 岛村, -mura ) deep in the west Abukuma Highlands. On April 1, 1958, the district of Nakano and parts of Morotake that were part of the former Ukedo were incorporated from and after Futaba. Exactly two later repeated this with parts of Nakahama and turn parts of Morotake.
The city was hit hard by the March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami triggered it, with up to 20 May 50 dead and 136 missing persons were counted. By which triggered Fukushima nuclear disaster, the community had to be evacuated for the most part, because their territory is up on the weaker inhabited western half within the 20 km exclusion zone. The municipal administration evacuated after Nihonmatsu.
In March 2013 headed by the Mayor Tamotsu Baba cars from Google through the locked city to take pictures for the Internet service Google Street View. On April 1, 2013 Namie was spun off from the exclusion zone, and staggered instead divided into three zones according to radioactive contamination.
Traffic
The main highways of Namie are the Joban highway to Misato or Watari, National Road 6 by Chūō (Tokyo) or Sendai, the national road 114 after Fukushima, the national road 399 after Iwaki or Nan'yō, as well as the national road 459 to Niigata.
Connection to the rail network consists JR Joban Line to Nippori Station in Arakawa or Iwanuma. In Namie there is only one station.
Education
In Namie is the primary schools (浪 江 町 立X小学校, Namie- chōritsu X shōgakkō ) Namie, Ukedo, Kiyohashi, Obori, Karino and Tsushima, the middle schools (浪 江 町 立X中 学校, Namie- chōritsu X chūgakkō ) Namie, Namie- East ( 浪 江东, Namie higashi ) and Tsushima, as well as the prefectural high school Namie (福岛 県 立 浪 江 高等学校, Fukushima kenritsu Namie Kōtō Gakko ) and its branch in Tsushima (福岛 県 立 浪 江 高等学校 津 岛 校, Fukushima kenritsu Namie Kōtō Gakko Tsushima kō ).