Bandai, Fukushima

Bandai is a town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, written 磐梯町 in Japanese and read Bandai-machi. The English Wikipedia article gives an estimated population of 3,533 people living in 1,195 households as of 1 March 2018, with a population density of 60.3 people per square kilometre. The town covers 59.77 square kilometres, or 23.08 square miles. Its name is shared with Mount Bandai, the volcano shown in the article image of the town. As a town of Japan it is a local government unit within a prefecture, and in the Atlas it is held as a small settlement of Eastern Asia whose history, economy and geography can be developed on its own page later.