This article is about the city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with the same name, see
Date, Hokkaido. Date (伊達市; -shi) is a
city located in northern
Fukushima,
Japan.As of
2006, the town has an estimated
population of 68,489 and a
density of 258.45 persons per
km². The total area is 265 km².There were nine towns in Date District, Fukushima. On January 1, 2006, five towns in Date District merged it and became Date City. Merged towns were
Hobara-machi,
Yanagawa-machi, Date-machi,
Ryozen-machi,
Tsukidate-machi. The central town is
Hobara. (-machi means
town in Japanese)
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