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270:0223-34-0502
143:140°51′9.3″E
1678:Wakabayashi
1542:25 December
1532:"三十三間堂官衙遺跡"
1312:Hamayoshida
1255:lower house
369:located in
155: /
1968:Categories
1847:Matsushima
1703:Ishinomaki
1383:References
1304:Jōban Line
1247:unicameral
1237:Government
1210:Edo period
1208:under the
936:(≥ 1.0 mm)
379:population
360:Watari-chō
229:Population
193:Prefecture
140:38°02′16″N
1767:Districts
1743:Shiroishi
1718:Kesennuma
1484:USA Today
1452:March 22,
1425:March 22,
1277:Education
389:Geography
251:Time zone
1942:Yamamoto
1893:Kawasaki
1779:Marumori
1738:Shiogama
1723:Kurihara
1668:Miyagino
1516:19 March
1489:19 March
1028:Source:
1023:1,881.1
929:(50.09)
860:Average
428:Yamamoto
205:District
1908:Shibata
1903:Ōgawara
1881:Onagawa
1796:Shikama
1708:Iwanuma
1673:Taihaku
1631:capital
1328:Highway
1290:Railway
1265:Economy
1257:of the
1253:of the
1227:tsunami
1190:History
927:1,272.2
924:(1.47)
919:(2.28)
914:(6.46)
909:(7.98)
904:(6.10)
899:(7.11)
894:(5.24)
889:(4.12)
884:(3.41)
879:(2.82)
874:(1.31)
869:(1.78)
850:(18.9)
845:(25.2)
840:(33.6)
835:(45.9)
830:(54.9)
825:(54.1)
820:(46.2)
815:(37.2)
810:(23.2)
805:(20.5)
800:(11.1)
785:(47.1)
780:(31.8)
775:(40.3)
770:(52.0)
765:(63.0)
760:(69.8)
755:(67.5)
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745:(51.8)
740:(41.4)
735:(32.5)
730:(27.9)
725:(27.5)
715:(54.4)
710:(39.7)
705:(48.9)
700:(59.4)
695:(69.1)
690:(75.0)
685:(72.3)
680:(65.7)
675:(59.4)
670:(50.5)
665:(41.4)
660:(36.0)
655:(35.2)
645:(62.2)
640:(47.8)
635:(57.7)
630:(67.5)
625:(76.3)
620:(81.5)
615:(78.4)
610:(72.3)
605:(67.5)
600:(59.5)
595:(50.2)
590:(44.1)
585:(43.0)
575:(97.0)
570:(69.4)
565:(79.0)
560:(85.1)
555:(93.9)
550:(96.8)
545:(97.0)
540:(91.0)
535:(87.4)
530:(86.4)
525:(77.4)
520:(68.4)
515:(63.3)
439:Climate
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418:Iwanuma
313:Symbols
295:Website
284:Climate
275:Address
169:Country
1937:Watari
1925:Wakuya
1920:Misato
1898:Murata
1758:Tomiya
1748:Tagajō
1728:Natori
1713:Kakuda
1691:Cities
1641:Sendai
1626:Sendai
1316:Watari
1180:33,087
1169:34,854
1161:+14.7%
1158:34,770
1147:30,301
1139:+10.7%
1136:27,822
1125:25,141
1114:27,277
1106:+36.1%
1103:28,939
1092:21,262
1084:+15.8%
1081:20,606
1070:17,791
1020:146.4
1017:145.5
1014:144.9
1011:131.2
1008:155.9
1005:132.9
1002:146.0
999:190.1
996:190.6
993:183.4
990:158.2
987:153.2
976:104.8
855:(8.6)
795:(8.6)
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348:Watari
322:Flower
237:33,459
210:Watari
198:Miyagi
186:Tōhoku
181:Region
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118:Watari
23:Watari
1835:Ōhira
1830:Taiwa
1825:Ōsato
1733:Ōsaki
1663:Izumi
1650:Wards
1320:Ōkuma
1183:−5.1%
1177:2020
1172:+0.2%
1166:2010
1155:2000
1150:+8.9%
1144:1990
1133:1980
1128:−7.8%
1122:1970
1117:−5.7%
1111:1960
1100:1950
1095:+3.2%
1089:1940
1078:1930
1067:1920
964:12.1
961:11.5
958:13.8
955:11.7
912:164.0
907:202.6
902:154.9
897:180.7
892:133.1
887:104.7
853:−13.0
798:−11.6
793:−13.0
505:Year
375:Japan
365:is a
256:UTC+9
174:Japan
1852:Rifu
1791:Kami
1753:Tome
1658:Aoba
1544:2016
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1052:Year
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970:5.8
967:8.8
952:9.4
949:8.1
946:7.7
943:5.1
940:5.3
922:37.3
917:58.0
882:86.6
877:71.7
872:33.3
867:45.3
848:−7.3
843:−3.8
828:12.7
823:12.3
808:−4.9
803:−6.4
778:−0.1
768:11.1
763:17.2
758:21.0
753:19.7
748:15.6
743:11.0
728:−2.3
723:−2.5
713:12.4
698:15.2
693:20.6
688:23.9
683:22.4
678:18.7
673:15.2
668:10.3
643:16.8
633:14.3
628:19.7
623:24.6
618:27.5
613:25.8
608:22.4
603:19.7
598:15.3
593:10.1
573:36.1
568:20.8
563:26.1
558:29.5
553:34.4
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518:20.2
513:17.4
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475:Mar
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1813:Zaō
1447:JMA
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833:7.7
818:7.9
813:2.9
783:8.4
773:4.6
738:5.2
733:0.3
708:4.3
703:9.4
663:5.2
658:2.2
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588:6.7
583:6.1
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