Yamagata prefecture

Yamagata prefectural symbol
Capital:	Yamagata[?]
Region:	Tohoku
Island:	Honshu
Population:	1,240,877 (Oct. 1, 2000)
Area:	9,323.34 km2
Municipalities:	44

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

Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities (in order of their founding date) 2.2 Districts, towns and villages (in order of their founding date) 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links

History

Geography

Cities (in order of their founding date)

• Yamagata[?]
• Yonezawa[?]
• Tsuruoka[?]
• Sakata[?]
• Shinjou[?]
• Sagae[?]
• Kaminoyama[?]
• Murayama[?]
• Nagai[?]
• Tendou[?]
• Higashine[?]
• Obanazawa[?]
• Nan'you[?]
• Higashimurayama[?]

Districts, towns and villages (in order of their founding date)

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

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

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