Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Obanazawa
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ginzan Onsen 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ginzan Onsen in the snow
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Obanazawa Yamagata.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Obanazawa, Yamagata.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
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- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tōhoku
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Yamagata
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 尾花沢町
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kitamurayama district
- Population
- 18955
- Area
- 372.53
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Shikama
- Official website
- www.city.obanazawa.yamagata.jp
- Image
- Evening twilight in Ginzan Onsen town January 2022 B.jpg
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- Commons category
- Obanazawa, Yamagata
- topic's main category
- Category:Obanazawa, Yamagata
- native label
- 尾花沢市
- name in kana
- おばなざわし
- inception
- 1959-04-10
- replaces
- Murayama
- twinned administrative body
- Iwanuma
- associated electoral district
- Yamagata 2nd district
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==Demographics== Per Japanese census data, the population of Obanazawa peaked around 1950 and has declined considerably since then.
==History== The area of present-day Obanazawa was part of ancient Dewa Province. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Kitamurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Obanazawa was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, and was raised to town status on July 26, 1897. It was made a city on April 10, 1959.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obanazawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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