Motoyoshi District, Miyagi
Motoyoshi (本吉郡 Motoyoshi-gun?) is a district located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
As of the Karakuwa merger but with 2010 population estimates, the district has an estimated population of 17,296 and a population density of 106 persons per km². The total area is 163.74 km².
Motoyoshi District was devastated by the magnitude 9.0 March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami which occurred off the coast of Japan; an estimated 9,500 people are reported missing from the town of Minamisanriku alone.[1][2][3][4] Early estimates indicate that this could represent as much as 90% of the total casualties in Japan.
Towns and villages
Mergers
- On April 1, 2005, the town of Tsuyama merged with the eight other towns of the former Tome District to form the city of Tome.
- On October 1, 2005, the town of Shizugawa and the town of Utatsu merged to form the new town of Minamisanriku.
- On March 31, 2006, the town of Karakuwa merged into the city of Kesennuma.
- On September 1, 2009, the town of Motoyoshi merged into the city of Kesennuma.
Planned mergers
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References
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- ↑ Devastating pictures from the port where 10,000 are missing after it was swept away by the megaquake, peoplestar.co.uk, Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
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