YAMAGATA

Yamagata · JAPAN (JP) · 38.23°N / 140.37°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 2,110,556

Yamagata is a city in Japan with a population of 248,772. It sits at 38.23/140.37, runs on Asia/Tokyo, is 10 km from Yamanobe.

Population 248,772

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Tokyo

All facts

fields

Country: Japan
Subdivision: Yamagata
Coords: 38.23°N / 140.37°E
UTC offset: +9
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NW Yamanobe Yamagata 13,725 10.9 km

SW Kaminoyama Yamagata 35,593 12.0 km

NW Nagasaki Yamagata 10,746 13.0 km

N Tendō Yamagata 65,393 13.4 km

NW Sagae Yamagata 43,544 17.5 km

W Miyajuku Yamagata 6,366 21.1 km

NW Aterazawa Yamagata 7,646 21.5 km

N Yachi Yamagata 17,641 21.5 km

N Higashine Yamagata 47,682 23.0 km

W Aratokō Yamagata 12,890 24.6 km

Air access

nearby

GAJ

Yamagata Airport

Medium airport

19.8 km

SDJ

Sendai Airport

Large airport

49.3 km

Universities

linked

Yamagata University

yamagata-u.ac.jp

FAQ

10 questions

What is the population of Yamagata?: 248,772 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Yamagata in?: Asia/Tokyo.
Which country is Yamagata in?: Japan (JP).
Which airport serves Yamagata?: Yamagata Airport (GAJ).
How far is Yamagata from Tokyo?: About 289 km.
Does Yamagata have a university?: Yes. Yamagata University.
What languages are spoken in Japan?: Japanese.
What currency is used in Japan?: Yen.
How many cities are in Japan?: 2,174 on record.
Which admin region is Yamagata in?: Yamagata.

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/2110556

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2110556,
    "name": "Yamagata",
    "ascii_name": "Yamagata",
    "country_code": "JP",
    "population": 248772,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Tokyo",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": 38.23333,
    "longitude": 140.36667
  }
}

Context

comparatives

18.1x the population of Yamanobe.
10 km from Yamanobe.
Same timezone (Asia/Tokyo) as 2,173 other cities in Japan.