Yamaguchi
capital city of Yamaguchi prefecture
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Summary
Yamaguchi is a city of Japan[1]. Yamaguchi ranks in the top 2% of city of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,249 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yamaguchi Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Suō Sea[5], Ichinosaka River[6]
- Head of government: Sumitada Watanabe[7]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[8], big city[9]
- Shares border with: Shūnan-shi[10], Mine[11], Ube[12], Hōfu-shi[13], Hagi[14], Tsuwano[15], Yoshika[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Pamplona[17], Jinan[18], Gongju[19]
- Legislative body: 山口市議会[20]
- Part of: 100 municipalities with water[21], Yamaguchi-Hōfu Region[22]
- Commons category: Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi[23]
- Inception: April 10, 1929[24]
- Located in/on physical feature: Yamaguchi Basin[25]
- Official website: https://www.city.yamaguchi.lg.jp/[26]
- Foods traditionally associated: uirō[27], Shitatsuzumi[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yamaguchi (city)[29]
- Population: 193,761[30], 197,422[31], 196,628[32]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Yamaguchi[33]
- Replaces: Yamaguchi[34], Yoshiki[35], Miyano[36], Otoshi[37], Hirakawa[38], Aiofutajima[39], Natajima[40], Sue[41], Ogōri[42], Kagawa[43], Ajisu[44], Sayama[45], Suzenji[46], Ōuchi[47]
- Capital of: Yamaguchi Prefecture[48], Chōshū Domain[49]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Yamaguchi[51]
- Category for people who died here: Q42430099[52]
Why It Matters
Yamaguchi has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Yamaguchi is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]