Namie

Namie is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of one October 2017, the metropolis had an actual population of zero, although as of the same date, the respectable registered population was 18,half. The overall location of the town is 223.14 square kilometres. The vicinity of present-day Namie became part of Mutsu Province. The remains of Kofun period burial mounds have been determined inside the area. During the Nara period, it turned into the middle of historic Futaba District within Iwaki Province.

During the Edo period, it changed into a part of Soma Domain, which become dominated with the aid of the Soma clan till the Meiji recuperation. On April 1, 1889, the village of Namie became created within Naraha District, Fukushima, which finally became Futaba District in April 1896. Namie turned into raised to metropolis reputation on March 1, 1900. The town elevated on May 1, 1956 by way of annexing the neighboring villages of Obori, Karino and Tsushima. Namie was critically tormented by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.