Koriyama

Koriyama
	Central city
Koriyama
	jap. 郡山市
Flag	Emblem
A country	Japan
Prefecture	Fukushima
The mayor
History and Geography
Based	1924
Former names	Asaka
Central city with	1997
Square	757.06 km²
Timezone	UTC + 9
Population
Population	328 698 people ( 2014 )
Density	434.18 people / km²
Digital identifiers
Postcode	〒 963-8601
Code	07203-6
Other
Region	Tohoku
Symbolism	Flower : Iris; Tree : Cherry; Bird : Common Cuckoo
	city.koriyama.fukushima.jp (Japanese)

Koriyama ( 郡山市 Koriyama-si ) is the central city of Japan , located in the east of Honshu Island in Fukushima Prefecture. The area of the city is 757.06 km² ^[1] , the population is 328 698 people (August 1, 2014) ^[2] , the population density is 434.18 people / km². It was founded on April 1, 1924 , and received central status on April 1, 1997.

Content

Economics

The city has developed textile, electric machine-building, aluminum and food flavoring industries. A significant part of the textile industry is the production of cotton fabrics and silk products. Koriyama is a major transportation hub.

Twin cities

Koriyama is related to four cities ^[3] :

Nara , Japan (August 5, 1971);
Kurume , Japan (August 3, 1975);
Tottori , Japan (November 25, 2005);
Brumman , The Netherlands (June 25, 1988);

Symbols

Yamazakura was chosen as the tree of the city, ordinary cuckoo was the bird, and Hanakatsumi was the flower ^[3] .

Literature

Koriyama // Basket - Kukunor. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1953. - P. 8. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 23).

Notes

↑ The area is indicated according to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (Japanese) , subject to changes published on October 1, 2011.
↑ 福島県の推計人口 (Japanese) . Administration of Fukushima Prefecture (August 25, 2014). - The population of Fukui Prefecture. Date of treatment August 29, 2014.
↑ ¹ ² Information of Koriyama City (inaccessible link) . City of Koriyama. Date of treatment July 13, 2010. Archived on May 2, 2012.

Links

Official site (Japanese)

[area-1] The area is indicated according to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (Japanese) , subject to changes published on October 1, 2011.

[2] 福島県の推計人口 (Japanese) . Administration of Fukushima Prefecture (August 25, 2014). - The population of Fukui Prefecture. Date of treatment August 29, 2014.

[koriyama_outline-3] ¹ ² Information of Koriyama City (inaccessible link) . City of Koriyama. Date of treatment July 13, 2010. Archived on May 2, 2012.