Namie, Fukushima

Namie 浪江町
Town
Namie Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture
Namie
Coordinates: 37°29′40.5″N 141°00′2.6″E
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima
District	Futaba
Area
• Total	223.14 km2 (86.15 sq mi)
Population  (October 2017)
• Total	0
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Pine
- Flower	Cosmos
- Bird	Common gull
Phone number	0243-62-0123
Address	Kiyohashi Rokutanda 7-2, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1592
Website	http://www.town.namie.fukushima.jp/

Namie (浪江町, Namie-machi) is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

History

Namie was damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

In April 2011, the Japanese government made people leave here because of radiation from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.

Before people left, stone from a quarry in Namie was sent to make concrete for about 60 buildings. The stone and the concrete is radioactive.

The people who used to live in Namie are called "nuclear refugees".

Gallery

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  Fukushima disaster evacuation zones

Other websites

• Namie official website (in Japanese)
  • Translated to English Archived 2016-06-19 at the Wayback Machine by Google