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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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