Sōma District, Fukushima

This article is about the district in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There is a city with this name in the same prefecture, see Sōma, Fukushima. There is also a village with the same name in Aomori Prefecture, see Sōma, Aomori.

Sōma (相馬郡, Sōma-gun) is a district located in Fukushima, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 41,540 and a density of 87.18 persons per km². The total area is 476.49 km².

Towns and villages

• Iitate
• Shinchi

Merger

• On January 1, 2006 the city of Haramachi and the towns of Kashima and Odaka merged to create the city of Minamisōma.

See also

• Radiation effects from Fukushima I nuclear accidents