Iwate [town] - Iwate

Japanese: 岩手[町] - いわて

A town in Iwate County, in the north-central part of Iwate Prefecture. Numakunai, the town's center, is along the Kitakami River and developed as a post station on the Oshu Kaido road. The IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway runs through the town, and in 2002 the Tohoku Shinkansen was extended, opening Iwate-Numakunai Station. In addition to livestock and field crops, the town also produces rice and tobacco. There are remains of pit dwellings in Mido and the Ukishima burial mounds in Tsuchikawa. The town sustained damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 360.46 ^km2 . 14,984 people (2010).

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Japanese:

岩手県中北部，岩手郡の町。中心の沼宮内(ぬまくない)は北上川に沿い，奥州街道の宿駅として発達，アイジーアールいわて銀河鉄道が通じるほか，2002年に東北新幹線が延伸，いわて沼宮内駅を開設。畜産，畑作を行うほか，米，タバコも産する。御堂(みどう)に竪穴(たてあな)住居跡，土川に浮島古墳群がある。東日本大震災で，町内において被害が発生。360.46km²。１万4984人（2010）。

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