Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Prefecture
- Fukushima
- First official recorded
- 769 AD
- City settled
- October 1, 1958
- Mayor
- Hiroshi Shinno
- Total
- 344.42 km (132.98 sq mi)
- Density
- 156.82/km (406.17/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0243-23-1111
- Address
- 403-1 Kanairo, Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 964-8601
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- Official website
- Bird
- Japanese bush warbler
- Flower
- Chrysanthemum
- Tree
- Sakura
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 二本松市
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Adachi district
- Population
- 59871
- Area
- 344.42
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Capital of
- Nihonmatsu Domain
- Shares border with
- Miharu
- Official website
- www.city.nihonmatsu.lg.jp
- Image
- Nihonmatsu Castle Minowa Gate 20100625-03.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
- topic's main category
- Category:Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
- native label
- 二本松市
- name in kana
- にほんまつし
- inception
- 2005-12-01
- twinned administrative body
- Komagane
- associated electoral district
- Fukushima 1st district
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Encyclopedic overview
Nihonmatsu City Hall
Nihonmatsu (二本松市, Nihonmatsu-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2020, the city has an estimated population of 54,013 in 20,179 households, and a population density of 160 persons per km. The total area of the city was 344.42 square kilometres (132.98 sq mi). The Adachi neighborhood of Nihonmatsu was the birthplace of artist Chieko Takamura, subject of the book of poems Chieko's Sky (智恵子抄, Chiekoshō; literally "Chieko Selections"), written by her husband Kōtarō Takamura.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nihonmatsu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.