Rikuzentakata

Rikuzentakata is a metropolis placed in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. In the census of 2010, the town had a population of 23,302 2005: 24,709, and a population density of a hundred folks in line with km2. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami brought about full-size damage to the town. As of one April 2017, the city had an predicted populace of 19,666, and a populace density of 84.8 humans per km2 in 7588 households. The overall area of the city is 231.94 square kilometers.

The place of gift-day Rikuzentakata became a part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jomon length. The vicinity changed into inhabited via the Emishi people, and came under the control of the Yamato dynasty at some point of the early Heian period. During the Sengoku length, the place changed into dominated through various samurai clans earlier than coming below the manage of the Date clan at some point of the Edo period, who dominated Sendai Domain beneath the Tokugawa shogunate.