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359:Sukagawa
299:• Flower
129:Sukagawa
34:Sukagawa
18:Sukagawa
1591:Regions
1523:Shinchi
1506:Mishima
1484:Nishigō
1447:Shimogō
1425:Yanaizu
1371:Asakawa
1322:Tomioka
1144:capital
973:Luoyang
931:Uzumine
872:Highway
852:JR East
831:JR East
821:Railway
799:Economy
791:of the
787:of the
657:of the
633:History
463:Climate
419:Uzumine
335:Website
327:Address
180:Country
1557:Bandai
1540:Miharu
1528:Iitate
1469:Yabuki
1452:Tadami
1430:Yugawa
1408:Ten-ei
1386:Hirata
1344:Hanawa
1312:Naraha
1302:Hirono
1297:Futaba
1285:Kunimi
1242:Tamura
1190:Cities
866:Oshioe
755:, the
623:75,753
612:79,279
601:79,409
590:73,107
579:69,553
568:66,552
557:69,768
549:+33.0%
546:71,947
535:54,077
527:+13.5%
524:52,045
513:45,838
455:Hirata
440:Ten'ei
309:• Bird
287:• Tree
282:
249:75,753
197:Tōhoku
192:Region
135:
1511:Shōwa
1317:Ōkuma
1307:Namie
1280:Koori
1263:Ōtama
1167:Iwaki
746:Iwase
626:−4.4%
620:2020
615:−0.2%
609:2010
604:+8.6%
598:2000
593:+5.1%
587:1990
582:+4.5%
576:1980
571:−4.6%
565:1970
560:−3.0%
554:1960
543:1950
538:+3.9%
532:1940
521:1930
510:1920
388:Japan
378:is a
303:Peony
268:UTC+9
185:Japan
1596:Aizu
1232:Sōma
1202:Date
649:and
499:Pop.
495:Year
380:city
365:須賀川市
228:Area
89:Seal
79:Flag
51:City
40:須賀川市
1545:Ono
854:–
833:–
685:on
476:Cfa
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