Fukushima Pref ecture

Naka-Dori Region(Ken-chu District)


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Accumulates advanced technological industries including medical/welfare equipment.

The district is a nodal point of the Tohoku Expressway and Banetsu Expressway and economic and industrial activities are brisk. University-business cooperation is active and there is an extremely high accumulation of advanced technological industries here. Especially, recently an industrial cluster for medical/welfare equipment is proceeding.

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Educational Institutions of the Ken-chu District

Name Location Curriculum
●University
Faculty of Engineering Nihon University Koriyama City Engineering
Koriyama Women's College Koriyama City Home Economics
Oho University Koriyama City Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science
Koriyama Women's Junior College Koriyama City Home Economics, Child Education, etc.
●Technical College
Koriyama Technical College Koriyama City Machinery Control Systems, Electric Control Systems, Information Control Systems, etc.
●High School
Total number of High Schools : 25 (Number of Technical High Schools : 1, Number of Information High Schools : 4 )

Characteristics of the Ken-chu District

Percentage of total in Fukushima

17% Area : 2,406.29km2
(Total Area : 13,782.75km2)
27% Population :551,827
(Total Population : 2,028,752)
*Population : Ministry of internal Affairs Communication, "2010 Population Census"
26% Manufacturing Facilities Number of
Enterprises : 1,134
(Total Number of Enterprises : 4,390)
26% Number of Employees
in Manufacturing : 42,641
(Total Number of Workers Employed : 165,400)
24% Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 1.1496 trillion yen
(Total Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 4.6524 trillion yen)
*Number of enterprises/employees, value of goods shipped, etc. : Fukushima prefecture, "2009Annual Survey of Production"(preliminary figures).

Monthly Average Temperature and Precipitation (Koriyama City)