Marumori (Miyagi)

Marumori-machi 丸 森 町
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Miyagi
Coordinates :	37 ° 55 '  N , 140 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 54 '41 "  N , 140 ° 45' 56"  E
Basic data
Surface:	273 km²
Residents :	12,823 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	04341-9
Postal code area :	981-2111-981-2501
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Crescent fir
Flower :	Lilium auratum
Bird :	Japanese Bush Warbler
town hall
Address :	Marumori Town Hall 120 Marumori-machi , Igu-gun Miyagi  981-2192
Website URL:	http://www.town.marumori.miyagi.jp
Location Marumoris in Miyagi Prefecture

Marumori ( Japanese 丸 森 町 , -machi ) is one of 20 small towns in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Matsugabo Dam

Marumori is located in Igu-gun County on the southern tip of Miyagi and north of Fukushima Prefecture . The Abukuma River flows through the city, which is surrounded on three sides by wooded hills and only merges into a plain in the north.

Surroundings

The nearest town is Kakuda 5 kilometers north. The Shinto shrine Kashima-jingū is located about 15 kilometers to the southwest . 10 kilometers south of the Matsugabo reservoir.

climate

The place is characterized by the east side climate (Cfa). The average temperature in January is 1.0 ° C, the average temperature in August 23.7 ° C.

history

The place was registered as a village in 1889 and elevated to a city in 1897. In 1954, surrounding settlements were added to the Marumori-machi. In 2002 a forest fire destroyed 162 hectares on the western slope of Jirotaro Mountain; the extinguishing work for this took three days. Due to the geographical location, the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 with a local strength of 6+ and the subsequent nuclear disaster in Fukushima caused relatively little devastating damage, although the place is only about 10 kilometers from the coast and only just outside the 50 km -Radius around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant . In 2019, a typhoon flooded a tributary of the Abukuma and led to evacuation measures.

Town twinning

Marumori maintains since 1996 a community partnership with Kitami in Hokkaido , .

Web links

Commons : Marumori  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 丸 森 町 姉妹 都市 交流 事業. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .