Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture (山形県)

Yamagata prefectual symbol
Capital	Yamagata
Region:	Tohoku
Island:	Honshu
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 9th 9,323.34 km² 0.02%
Population  - Total (Oct 1, 2000)  - Density	Ranked 33rd 1,240,877 133/km²
Districts:	9
Municipalities:	44
ISO 3166-2:	JP-06
Symbols
Pref. Flower:	Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
Pref. Tree:	Cherry tree
Pref. Bird:	Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. Its capital is Yamagata.

History

Geography

Cities

• Higashine
• Kaminoyama
• Murayama
• Nagai
• Nan'yo
• Obanazawa
• Sagae
• Sakata
• Shinjo
• Tendo
• Tsuruoka
• Yamagata (capital)
• Yonezawa

Districts

• Akumi
  • Hirata
  • Matsuyama
  • Yawata
  • Yuza
• Higashimurayama
  • Nakayama
  • Yamanobe
• Higashiokitama
  • Kawanishi
  • Takahata
• Higashitagawa
  • Amarume
  • Asahi
  • Fujishima
  • Haguro
  • Kushibiki
  • Mikawa
  • Tachikawa
• Kitamurayama
  • Oishida
• Mogami
  • Funagata
  • Kaneyama
  • Mamurogawa
  • Mogami
  • Okura
  • Sakegawa
  • Tozawa
• Nishimurayama
  • Asahi
  • Kahoku
  • Nishikawa
  • Oe
• Nishiokitama
  • Iide
  • Oguni
  • Shirataka
• Nishitagawa
  • Atsumi

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Yamagata Prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.yamagata.jp/index-e.html)

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