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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="مینامی‌سوما، فوکوشیما – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مینامی‌سوما، فوکوشیما" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C3%B4ma-chh%C4%AB" title="Minamisôma-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Minamisôma-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami-S%C5%8Dma" title="Minami-Sōma – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Minami-Sōma" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma_(Fukushima)" title="Minamisōma (Fukushima) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Minamisōma (Fukushima)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="مینامیسوما، فوکوشیما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مینامیسوما، فوکوشیما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%98%EB%AF%B8%EC%86%8C%EB%A7%88%EC%8B%9C" title="미나미소마시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미나미소마시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma,_Fukushima" title="Minamisōma, Fukushima – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Minamisōma, Fukushima" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="مینامی‌سوما، فوکوشیما – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مینامی‌سوما، فوکوشیما" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma,_Fukushima" title="Minamisōma, Fukushima – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Minamisōma, Fukushima" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamisoma" title="Minamisoma – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Minamisoma" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E7%9B%B8%E9%A6%AC%E5%B8%82" title="南相馬市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="南相馬市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Минамисома – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Минамисома" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma_(Fukushima)" title="Minamisōma (Fukushima) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Minamisōma (Fukushima)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami-S%C5%8Dma" title="Minami-Sōma – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Minami-Sōma" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamisoma" title="Minamisoma – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Minamisoma" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Минамисома – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Минамисома" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami-S%C5%8Dma" title="Minami-Sōma – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Minami-Sōma" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Минамисома – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Минамисома" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0" title="มินามิโซมะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="มินามิโซมะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma" title="Minamisōma – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Minamisōma" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96-%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мінамі-Сома – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мінамі-Сома" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamis%C5%8Dma,_Fukushima" title="Minamisōma, Fukushima – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Minamisōma, Fukushima" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a 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org">Minamisōma</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ja"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">南相馬市</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minamisoma_City_Office.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Minamisōma City Hall"><img alt="Minamisōma City Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minamisoma_City_Office.JPG/250px-Minamisoma_City_Office.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Minamisoma_City_Office.JPG/375px-Minamisoma_City_Office.JPG 1.5x, 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.od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minamisōma is located in Japan"><img alt="Minamisōma is located in Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/250px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/375px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/500px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="373" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.88%;left:60.472%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Minamisōma"><img alt="Minamisōma" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Minamisōma</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"> </div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Minamis%C5%8Dma&params=37_38_31.9_N_140_57_26.3_E_region:JP_type:city(59005)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°38′31.9″N</span> <span class="longitude">140°57′26.3″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.642194°N 140.957306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.642194; 140.957306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Katsunobu Sakurai</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">398.58 km<sup>2</sup> (153.89 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(October 10, 2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">59,005</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">150/km<sup>2</sup> (380/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B9" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+9">UTC+9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">Japan Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zelkova_serrata" title="Zelkova serrata">Japanese Zelkova</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sakura" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakura">Sakura</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Skylark" class="mw-redirect" title="Skylark">Skylark</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Fish</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">Salmon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">- Insect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Firefly" title="Firefly">Firefly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">2-27 Motomachi, Haramachi-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 975-8686</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city.minamisoma.lg.jp/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Minamisōma</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">南相馬市</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Minamisōma-shi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">city</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. As of 1 March 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the city had an estimated <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 53,462 in 26,355 households, and a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 130 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total area of the city is 398.58 square kilometres (153.89 sq mi). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minamisōma is located in northeastern Fukushima Prefecture, bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the east and the Abukuma Plateau to the west.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighboring_municipalities">Neighboring municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Neighboring municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Fukushima Prefecture <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iitate,_Fukushima" title="Iitate, Fukushima">Iitate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namie,_Fukushima" title="Namie, Fukushima">Namie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma,_Fukushima" title="Sōma, Fukushima">Sōma</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minamisōma has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>). The average annual temperature in Minamisōma is 12.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1285 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.7 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per Japanese census data,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the population of Minamisōma peaked in the 1950s. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1920 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">51,903</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">58,470</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">60,693</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">80,004</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+31.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">75,299</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">69,105</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">74,296</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,253</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">75,246</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">70,878</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,005</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−16.8%</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of present-day Minamisōma was part of ancient <a href="/wiki/Mutsu_Province" title="Mutsu Province">Mutsu Province</a>, and has been settled since at least the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a>. Numerous <a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a> remains have been found in the area. During the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>, the area was part of the holdings of <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōma Domain">Sōma Domain</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>, it was organized as part of <a href="/wiki/Iwaki_Province_(1868)" title="Iwaki Province (1868)">Iwaki Province</a>. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1896, the area was organized into a number of towns and villages within <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma_District,_Fukushima" title="Sōma District, Fukushima">Sōma District</a>, including the town of Hara on September 1, 1897. Hara was raised to city status on March 20, 1954, becoming the city of <a href="/wiki/Haramachi,_Fukushima" title="Haramachi, Fukushima">Haramachi</a>. The present city of Minamisōma was established on January 1, 2006, from the merger of Haramachi with the towns of <a href="/wiki/Kashima,_Fukushima" title="Kashima, Fukushima">Kashima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Odaka,_Fukushima" title="Odaka, Fukushima">Odaka</a> (both from <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma_District,_Fukushima" title="Sōma District, Fukushima">Sōma District</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_earthquake_and_tsunami">2011 earthquake and tsunami</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2011 earthquake and tsunami"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minamisōma was partially inundated by the <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> which resulted from the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Tōhoku earthquake</a> on March 11, 2011, and suffered heavy damage. As of April 9, 2011, 400 residents were confirmed dead, with 1,100 missing.<sup id="cite_ref-jt-200110409-p4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jt-200110409-p4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg/220px-Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg/330px-Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg/440px-Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1288" data-file-height="1353" /></a><figcaption>Radiation monitor showing radiation at Minamisoma: 0.532 μSv/h. This equates to an annual radiation dose of 4.66 <a href="/wiki/Millisieverts" class="mw-redirect" title="Millisieverts">millisieverts</a>, compared to the government's criteria for return of 20 millisieverts per year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Minamisōma is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) north of <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant</a>, the site of the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima I nuclear accidents">nuclear accident</a> that followed the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a>. Much of the city lies within the 30 kilometer mandated evacuation zone near the plant, and thus most of the residents were forced to leave.<sup id="cite_ref-jt-200110409-p4_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jt-200110409-p4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately a week after the earthquake Minamisōma was in the news again as the town's mayor Katsunobu Sakarai asserted that his people had been "abandoned" in the wake of orders for all remaining residents to stay in their homes inside the <a href="/wiki/Exclusion_zone" title="Exclusion zone">exclusion zone</a> around the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July, beef from Minamisōma was found to be contaminated with radioactive <a href="/wiki/Cesium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesium">cesium</a> above the legal limit, according to the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Yomiuri" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Yomiuri">Daily Yomiuri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2012, the city was divided into three zones: in the first, people were free to go in and out but not allowed to stay overnight; in the second, access was limited to short visits; and in the third area, all entry was forbidden because of elevated radiation levels that were not expected to go down within five years after the accident. </p><p>On April 15, 2012 some of people of Minamisōma were able to return to their homes when the evacuation zone was reduced from 30 kilometers to 20 kilometers from the reactors, with the exception of a wide area on the western border of the city with the town of Namiie. At the time the evacuation order was lifted the centre of city was still scattered with ruins and lacked electricity and running water, while schools and hospitals remained closed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 12, 2016 the evacuation order was lifted for all areas of the city except the western border region with Namie; this permitted all of the remaining evacuees (with the exception of one household) to return home. In August of the same year, elementary schools and junior high schools, which had been closed since 2011, were allowed to reopen.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minamisōma has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> form of government with a directly elected mayor and a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> city legislature of 24 members. Minamisōma, together with <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma_District,_Fukushima" title="Sōma District, Fukushima">Sōma District</a> contributes two members to the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_1st_district" title="Fukushima 1st district">Fukushima 1st district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diet of Japan">Diet of Japan</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minamisōma has 16 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government and four public high schools operated by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Tohoku Electric">Tohoku Electric</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Haramachi_Thermal_Power_Station" title="Haramachi Thermal Power Station">Haramachi Thermal Power Station</a> is located in Minamisōma. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(east).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/22px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/33px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/44px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">East Japan Railway Company</a> (JR East) - <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dban_Line" title="Jōban Line">Jōban Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Momouchi_Station" title="Momouchi Station">Momouchi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Odaka_Station" title="Odaka Station">Odaka</a> - <a href="/wiki/Iwaki-Ota_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Iwaki-Ota Station">Iwaki-Ota</a> - <a href="/wiki/Haranomachi_Station" title="Haranomachi Station">Haranomachi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kashima_Station_(Fukushima)" title="Kashima Station (Fukushima)">Kashima</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highway">Highway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Highway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JP_Expressway_E6.svg/33px-JP_Expressway_E6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JP_Expressway_E6.svg/49px-JP_Expressway_E6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JP_Expressway_E6.svg/66px-JP_Expressway_E6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dban_Expressway" title="Jōban Expressway">Jōban Expressway</a> - Minamisoma Interchange, Minamisoma-Kashima Service Area and Smart Interchange</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0006.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_6" title="Japan National Route 6">National Route 6</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0114.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_114" title="Japan National Route 114">National Route 114</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pendleton,_Oregon" title="Pendleton, Oregon">Pendleton, Oregon</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ruins of Odaka Castle</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Historic_Sites">National Historic Sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: National Historic Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daihisan_Stone_Buddhas" title="Daihisan Stone Buddhas">Daihisan Stone Buddhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayama_Cave_Tomb" title="Hayama Cave Tomb">Hayama Cave Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izumi_Kanga_ruins" title="Izumi Kanga ruins">Izumi Kanga ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Kofun_Cluster" title="Mano Kofun Cluster">Mano Kofun Cluster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakurai_Kofun" title="Sakurai Kofun">Sakurai Kofun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urajiri_Shell_Mound" title="Urajiri Shell Mound">Urajiri Shell Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokodaid%C5%8D_Steel_Production_Site" title="Yokodaidō Steel Production Site">Yokodaidō Steel Production Site</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Japan+Times&rft.atitle=Evacuation+order+lifted+for+10%2C000+residents+of+Minamisoma&rft.date=2016-07-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F07%2F12%2Fnational%2Fevacuation-orders-lifted-fukushima-city-minamisoma-10000-can-go-home%2F%23.Wf2xPUyB28g&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMinamis%C5%8Dma" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minamis%C5%8Dma&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSasaki2013" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sasaki, Takashi (2013). <i>Fukushima: vivir el desastre</i> (in Spanish). Translated by F. Javier de Esteban Baquedano. 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title="Nihonmatsu, Fukushima">Nihonmatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirakawa,_Fukushima" title="Shirakawa, Fukushima">Shirakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dma,_Fukushima" title="Sōma, Fukushima">Sōma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukagawa,_Fukushima" title="Sukagawa, Fukushima">Sukagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamura,_Fukushima" title="Tamura, Fukushima">Tamura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adachi_District,_Fukushima" title="Adachi District, Fukushima">Adachi District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctama,_Fukushima" title="Ōtama, Fukushima">Ōtama</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_District,_Fukushima" title="Date District, Fukushima">Date District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kawamata,_Fukushima" title="Kawamata, Fukushima">Kawamata</a></li> <li><a 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title="Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (Unit 2 Reactor)">Unit 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_(Unit_3_Reactor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (Unit 3 Reactor)">Unit 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_units_4,_5_and_6" title="Fukushima Daiichi units 4, 5 and 6">Units 4-6</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daini_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima Daini plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant">Tōkai plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onagawa_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant">Onagawa plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashid%C5%8Dri_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant">Higashidori plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant" title="Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant">Rokkasho plant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sequence of events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Timeline</a></li> <li>reactions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_reaction_to_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese reaction to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Japanese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" title="Radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Radiation effects</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Fukushima_50" title="Fukushima 50">Fukushima 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_severely_damaged_by_the_2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Towns damaged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investigations_into_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Investigations into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Investigation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet_of_Japan_Fukushima_Nuclear_Accident_Independent_Investigation_Commission" title="National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission">National Diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investigation_Committee_on_the_Accident_at_the_Fukushima_Nuclear_Power_Stations_of_Tokyo_Electric_Power_Company" title="Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company">Government</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_the_Chernobyl_and_Fukushima_nuclear_accidents" title="Comparison of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents">Comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accident_rating_of_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Accident rating of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Accident Rating</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Sunshine_for_Japan" title="Project Sunshine for Japan">Project Sunshine for Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safecast" title="Safecast">Safecast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayonara_Nuclear_Power_Plants" title="Sayonara Nuclear Power Plants">Sayonara Nuclear Power Plants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan#Seismicity" title="Nuclear power in Japan">Nuclear power in Japan, section Seismicity</a> </i></li> <li><i> <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents" title="Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents">Nuclear and radioactive incidents</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" 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