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Fukushima · 福島県
いいたてむら

飯舘村

Iitate Mura
Village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
1638th largest of 1,651 #54 in Fukushima (58) Municipal code 075647
読み方 · How to read it

Can you read 飯舘村?

It reads いいたてむら — Iitate Mura. This is one of the harder names in the country: small municipalities are exactly where Japan's nandoku chimei (難読地名, "hard-to-read place names") live.

村 — A village. 村 is read either mura or son, again by local convention rather than by rule.

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数字 · By the numbers

Iitate at a glance

230 km²
Area
1956
Founded
#1638 /1,651
National rank
1
Parks
0
Museums
0
Cafés
地図 · Where it is

Where is Iitate?

Every dot is one of Japan's 1,651 municipalities, plotted at its real coordinates. Iitate is marked in red.

37.6667°N, 140.7333°E Open in Google Maps →
近隣 · Nearby

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質問 · Questions

About Iitate

How do you read 飯舘村 in Japanese?

飯舘村 is read いいたてむら (Iitate Mura). It is a village in Fukushima Prefecture.

What does 村 mean at the end of 飯舘村?

村 means "village" and is read mura / son. A village. 村 is read either mura or son, again by local convention rather than by rule.

What towns are near Iitate?

The closest municipalities to Iitate are Kawamata Machi (13 km), Katsurao Mura (19 km), Minamisoma Shi (20 km).