is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Watari District, Miyagi

Watari District, Miyagi

is a district located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 53,076 and a population density of 385.47 persons per km². The total area is 137.69 km².- Towns and villages :*Watari*Yamamoto...

, 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 2003, the town has an estimated population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 35,132 and a population 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 479.88 persons per km². The total area is 73.21 km².

Watari was severely damaged by a tsunami

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...

 caused by an earthquake on 11 March 2011

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...

. Hundreds of people were stranded in a school but were airlifted from the roof by Japanese military helicopters.

Train stations

• Jōban Line
  Joban Line
  The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company . It begins at Nippori Station in Taitō, Tokyo and follows the Pacific coasts of Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima Prefectures before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi...
  
  : Hamayoshida
  Hamayoshida Station
  is a JR East railway station located in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-History:*November 10, 1897: Station begins operation as Yoshida Station.*June 1, 1915: Name is changed to Hamayoshida Station.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Watari
  Watari Station (Miyagi)
  Watari Station is a JR East railway station located in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Ōkuma
  Okuma Station
  Ōkuma Station is a JR East railway station located in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
  

External links

• Watari official website