Motoyoshi District, Miyagi
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is a district
located in Miyagi Prefecture
, Japan
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As of the Karakuwa merger but with 2010 population estimates, the district has an estimated population
of 17,296 and a population density
of 106 persons per km². The total area is 163.74 km².
Motoyoshi District was devastated by the magnitude 9.0 March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami
which occurred off the coast of Japan; an estimated 9,500 people are reported missing from the town of Minamisanriku
alone. Early estimates indicate that this could represent as much as 90% of the total casualties in Japan.
Districts of Japan
The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. As of 2008, cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from...
located in Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, 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...
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As of the Karakuwa merger but with 2010 population estimates, the district has an estimated population
Population
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of 17,296 and a population density
Population density
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of 106 persons per km². The total area is 163.74 km².
Motoyoshi District was devastated by the magnitude 9.0 March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami
2011 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...
which occurred off the coast of Japan; an estimated 9,500 people are reported missing from the town of Minamisanriku
Minamisanriku, Miyagi
, also spelled Minami Sanriku, is a resort town on a coastline of wooded islands and mountainous inlets. The town is in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan. It has an area of , and as of October 1, 2004 the population of the area was 19,170...
alone. Early estimates indicate that this could represent as much as 90% of the total casualties in Japan.
Mergers
- On April 1, 2005, the town of Tsuyama merged with the eight other towns of the former Tome District to form the city of TomeTome, Miyagiis a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.Previously a district consisting of eight towns, on April 1, 2005, they, along with the town of Tsuyama formerly of Motoyoshi District, merged to form a new city. As of 2010, Tome city had an estimated population of 84,070 and a population density of...
. - On October 1, 2005, the town of ShizugawaShizugawa, Miyagiwas a town located in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan.On October 1, 2005, Shizugawa was merged with the town of Utatsu to form the new town of Minamisanriku, and no longer exists as an independent municipality....
and the town of UtatsuUtatsu, Miyagiwas a town located in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan.On October 1, 2005, Utatsu was merged with the town of Shizugawa to form the new town of Minamisanriku, and no longer exists as an independent municipality....
merged to form the new town of MinamisanrikuMinamisanriku, Miyagi, also spelled Minami Sanriku, is a resort town on a coastline of wooded islands and mountainous inlets. The town is in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan. It has an area of , and as of October 1, 2004 the population of the area was 19,170...
. - On March 31, 2006, the town of KarakuwaKarakuwa, Miyagiwas a town located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, bordering Kesennuma to the north-west and Rikuzentakata, part of Iwate Prefecture, to the north, and with Kesennuma Bay including Oshima island to the west, Hirota Bay to the north-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and east.On...
merged into the cityCities of Japan||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
of KesennumaKesennuma, Miyagiis a city located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, founded on June 1, 1953. It wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay, and also includes the island of Ōshima...
. - On September 1, 2009, the town of MotoyoshiMotoyoshi, Miyagiwas a town located in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan.In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,716 and a population density of 109.80 persons per km². The total area was 106.70 km². Motoyoshi was divided into four districts: Magome, Koizumi, Tsuya, and Ohya. Koizumi and Ohya were both...
merged into the city of KesennumaKesennuma, Miyagiis a city located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, founded on June 1, 1953. It wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay, and also includes the island of Ōshima...
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