Kawauchi, Fukushima
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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 37°22′53"N 140°48′16"E a substation of Kita–Iwaki powerline
, a 500 kV-line already designed for future 1100 kV operation.
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.
Villages of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....
located in Futaba District
Futaba District, Fukushima
is a district located in Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 75,220 and a density of 86.95 persons per km². The total area is 865.12 km².-Towns and villages:*Futaba*Hirono*Katsurao*Kawauchi*Namie*Naraha*Ōkuma...
, Fukushima
Fukushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population
Population
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of 3,203 and a density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 16.23 persons per km². The total area is 197.38 km².
North of Kawauchi, there is at 37°22′53"N 140°48′16"E a substation of Kita–Iwaki powerline
Kita–Iwaki powerline
The Kita–Iwaki Powerline is the largest double-circuit powerline for three-phase electric power in the world, which was built in 1999. It runs from Minami-Iwaki to Higashi-Yamanashi and has 2 circuits, which are operated at present with 500 kV, but can be switched over to 1100 kV if necessary...
, a 500 kV-line already designed for future 1100 kV operation.
2011 Tōhoku earthquake
On Friday, March 11th of 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
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
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
The , also known as Fukushima Dai-ichi , is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a site in the towns of Okuma and Futaba in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. First commissioned in 1971, the plant consists of six boiling water reactors...
was facing a meltdown crisis.