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Tornado〔United States Geological Survey () "Tornado Populated Place"〕 is a census-designated place (CDP)〔United States Geological Survey () "Upper Falls Census Designated Place"〕 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Tornado is also known as Upper Falls,〔United States Geological Survey () "Tornado Populated Place"〕 the U.S. Census Bureau's official name for the community. The United States Board on Geographic Names declared the community's official name to be Tornado in 2013 due to a request from the Kanawha County Commission, which determined that residents of the community supported the name Tornado over Upper Falls. It is also known as Andrews Heights, Big Bend and Upper Falls of Coal River.〔United States Geological Survey () "Tornado Populated Place"〕 The Coal River bisects the community and gives it its historical name from the cascading waters of its Upper Falls.〔United States Geological Survey () "Upper Falls of Coal River"〕 The Upper Falls CDP contains the populated places of Ferrell,〔United States Geological Survey () "Ferrell Populated Place"〕 River Bend〔United States Geological Survey () "River Bend Populated Place"〕 and Tornado. At 17.2 square miles, Upper Falls is the largest CDP in the state of West Virginia.〔United States Census Bureau () "Upper Falls CDP, West Virginia 2010 Geographic Profile Data"〕 As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,701.〔United States Census Bureau () "Upper Falls CDP, West Virginia 2010 Demographic Profile Data"〕 Tornado is in the Charleston, West Virginia metropolitan area. ==Geography== Tornado〔''Upper Falls, West Virginia Geographic Features'' () UpperFalls.jimdo.com〕 is located at (38.342872, -81.844296).〔 According to the United States Census Bureau, the Upper Falls CDP has a total area of 17.2 square miles (44.49 km²), of which, 16.9 square miles (43.84 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.644 km²) (1.45%) is water.〔 The United States Geological Survey identifies the community's namesake Upper Falls of Coal River at 38°20′33″N 81°50′29″W.〔United States Geological Survey () "Upper Falls of Coal River"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tornado, West Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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