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Yamagata Prefectur

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Yamagata Prefecture

山形県
Japanese transcription(s)
  Japanese山形県
  RōmajiYamagata-ken
Official logo of Yamagata Prefecture
Seembol
Location of Yamagata Prefecture
KintraJapan
RegionTōhoku
IslandHonshu
CaipitalYamagata
Govrenment
  GovrenorMieko Yoshimura
Area
  Total9,323.34 km2 (3,599.76 sq mi)
Area rank9t
Population
 (1 Februar 2011)
  Total1,166,309
  Rank35rd
  Density125.10/km2 (324.0/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeJP-06
Destricts8
Municipalities35
FlouerSafflouer (Carthamus tinctorius)
TreeCherry
BirdMandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
FishCherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
Websitehttp://www.pref.yamagata.jp/
english/

Yamagata Prefectur (山形県, Yamagata-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Tōhoku region on Honshu island.[1] Its caipital is Yamagata.[2]

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamagata prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1038-1039 at Google Books; "Tōhoku" in p. 970 at Google Books.
  2. Nussbaum, "Yamagata" in p. 1038 at Google Books.

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