Iwaki [city] - Iwaki

Japanese: いわき[市] - いわき

A city in the southeastern part of Fukushima Prefecture. It was established in 1966 by the merger of five cities, Taira, Nakoso, Joban, Uchigo, and Iwaki, and four towns and five villages. Facing the Pacific Ocean, most of it is the Abukuma Plateau, with flat land in the Natsui River and Same River basins. The Joban Line and Ban'etsu East Line run through the city, and the Joban Expressway and Ban'etsu Expressway branch off from it. It once prospered due to the Joban coalfields, but the mines closed completely in 1976. It was designated a new industrial city in 1964, and industries such as chemicals, electrical equipment, food, lumber and wood products are carried out in the city, forming the Joban Industrial Region. In terms of manufactured goods shipments, it was ranked first in the prefecture with 1.371 trillion yen (2003), and second only to Sendai City in the Tohoku region. In rural areas, it produces a lot of tobacco leaves and lumber. Onahama, the center of the former Iwaki City, developed as a rice and coal shipping port, and is home to large chemical plants producing fertilizer, salt, and pharmaceuticals, as well as fishery processing plants. Along with Ena to the east, it is also a base for deep-sea fishing, and port development is underway. Iwaki Yumoto Onsen is home to hot springs, which draw water from a former coal mine. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 1,232.02 ^km2 . 342,249 people (2010).
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福島県南東部の市。1966年平，勿来(なこそ)，常磐，内郷(うちごう)，磐城(いわき)の５市と４町５村が合併して市制。太平洋に面し，大部分は阿武隈高地で，夏井川，鮫(さめ)川流域に平地がある。常磐線，磐越東線が通じ，常磐自動車道，磐越自動車道が分岐する。かつては常磐炭田で栄えたが，1976年全面閉山した。1964年新産業都市に指定され，化学，電気機器，食料品，木材・木製品などの工業が行われ，常磐工業地域を形成している。製造品出荷額では１兆371億円（2003）を上げて県内１位，東北では仙台市に次いでいる。農村部では葉タバコ，木材を多産。旧磐城市の中心小名浜は米・石炭積出港として発展，肥料，製塩，薬品などの大化学工場，水産加工工場が立地する。また東部の江名とともに遠洋漁業根拠地でもあり港湾整備が進む。かつての炭鉱内から引湯するいわき湯本温泉がある。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。1232.02km²。34万2249人（2010）。
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