Kawauchi, Fukushima

This article is about the village in Fukushima. Kawauchi is also the name of a town in Aomori, see Kawauchi, Aomori, and the name of a former town in Ehime, see Kawauchi, Ehime, that is now part of the city of Tōon, Ehime.

Kawauchi 川内村
—  Village  —
Location of Kawauchi in Fukushima
Kawauchi
Coordinates: 37°20′15″N 140°48′34″E
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima
District	Futaba District
Area
• Total	197.38 km2 (76.2 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	3,203
• Density	16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	Village of Kawauchi

Kawauchi (川内村, Kawauchi-mura) 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.

2011 Tōhoku earthquake

On Friday, March 11th of 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 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.

External links

Media related to Kawauchi, Fukushima at Wikimedia Commons

• Kawauchi official website (Japanese)