  is a village located in sÅma district, fukushima, japan. as of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,858 and a density of 29.80 persons per kmÂ². the total area is 230.13&nbsp;kmÂ². on 22 april 2011, the japanese government asked residents to leave iitate due to radiation from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. as of 2012, many residents are experiencing growing frustration and instability due to the nuclear crisis and an inability to return to the lives they were living before the disaster. == nuclear disaster == iitate is about  northwest of fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, the site of the nuclear disaster that followed the 2011 tÅhoku earthquake and tsunami. on 30 march 2011, the international atomic energy agency stated that its operational criteria for evacuation were exceeded in iitate, despite the village being outside the existing  radiation exclusion zone around the plant. the iaea advised the japanese authorities to carefully assess the situation there. on 1 april 2011, it was reported that above statement was updated as "radiation measured at a village  from japan's crippled nuclear plant is falling by the day ... but while the amounts of radioactive iodine particles detected in th
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