Koriyama

Koriyama kōrē´yämä [key], city (1990 pop. 314,642), Fukushima prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on the Abukuma River. It is a major commercial and communications center with industries producing textiles, chemicals, machinery, electrical appliances, and food products.

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