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completely destroyed more than 200 buildings in the village, killing 39 residents and also destroying 512 of the 565 vessels in the local fishing cooperative. The height of the tsunami was estimated at more than 10 meters at
Shimanokoshi Station, which was completely washed away. In October 2013, a
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village council of 10 members. Tanohata, together with the city of Miyako, town of
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the end of the long merger negotiations, the mayor of
Tanohata drunkenly insulted the delegates from Fudai in a final effort to scuttle the negotiations. The party was abandoned, and no further serious attempts were made to continue with the merger.
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establishment of the modern municipalities system, the village of
Tanohata was created within Kitahei District on April 1, 1889. Kitahei, Nakahei and Higashihei Districts were all merged into Minamihei District on March 29, 1896.
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953:"三陸鉄道「国の支援なければ、もはや何も…」"
785:Sanriku-kita Jūkan Road
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53:Tanohata Village Hall
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