Yamagata
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Summary
Yamagata is a core city of Japan[1]. Yamagata draws 2,530 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #43 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yamagata Prefecture[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Japan[6], Sukawa River[7]
- Head of government: Takahiro Satō[8]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[9], big city[10], city for international conferences and tourism[11]
- Shares border with: Tendō-shi[12], Kaminoyama[13], Higashine[14], Nanyo[15], Yamanobe[16], Nakayama[17], Sendai[18], Kawasaki[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Kitzbühel[20], Tainan[21], Ulan-Ude[22], Kami[23], Swan Hill[24], Oshima[25], Jilin City[26], Boulder[27]
- Legislative body: 山形市議会[28]
- Part of: Murayama region[29]
- Commons category: Yamagata, Yamagata[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[31]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[32]
- Located in/on physical feature: Yamagata Basin[33]
- Official website: https://www.city.yamagata-yamagata.lg.jp/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yamagata, Yamagata[35]
- Commons gallery: 山形市[36]
- Population: 247,234[37], 253,832[38], 254,244[39]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Yamagata[40]
- Replaces: Higashizawa[41], Suzukawa[42], Chitose[43], Iizuka[44], Kunugizawa[45], Kanai[46], Ōsato[47], Dewa[48], Tateyama[49], Takase[50], Meiji[51], Takiyama[52], Minaminumahara[53], Ōsone[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Yamagata include Yamagata Prefecture[55], a prefecture of Japan[56], in Japan[57], founded in 1876[58]; Yamagata Airport[59], an airport[60], in Japan[61]; and 10864 Yamagatashi[62], an asteroid[63].
Why It Matters
Yamagata has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Yamagata is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Yamagata include Yamagata Prefecture[55], a prefecture of Japan[56], in Japan[57], founded in 1876[58]; Yamagata Airport[59], an airport[60], in Japan[61]; and 10864 Yamagatashi[62], an asteroid[63].