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Yonezawa
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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Prefecture
- Yamagata
- First official recorded
- 712 AD
- City settled
- April 1, 1889
- Mayor
- Yōsuke Kondō (since December 2023)
- Total
- 548.51 km (211.78 sq mi)
- Density
- 148.96/km (385.81/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0238-22-5111
- Address
- 5-2-25 Kanaike, Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata-ken 992-8501
- Climate
- Cfa / Dfa
- Website
- Official website
- Flower
- Azumashakunage ( Rhododendron metternichii Sieb. et Zucc. var. pentamerum Maxim)
- Tree
- Kometsuga ( Tsuga diversifolia)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- jōkamachi
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Yonezawa Domain
- Population
- 89401
- Area
- 548.51
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Capital of
- Yonezawa Domain
- Shares border with
- Kitashiobara
- Official website
- www.city.yonezawa.yamagata.jp
- Image
- YonezawaCityMountainView.jpg
- Dialing code
- 023
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- topic's main category
- Category:Yonezawa, Yamagata
- Commons category
- Yonezawa, Yamagata
- name in kana
- よねざわし
- twinned administrative body
- Moses Lake
- postal code
- 992-8501
- native label
- 米沢市
- inception
- 1889-04-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- associated electoral district
- Yamagata 2nd district
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Encyclopedic overview
Yonezawa City Hall Yonezawa (米沢市, Yonezawa-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the city had an estimated population of 81,707 in 33,278 households, and a population density of 150 persons per km. The total area of the city is 548.51 square kilometres (212 sq mi). Yonezawa is most famous for its local delicacies (apples, Yonezawa beef, and carp) and for being a castle town that was once home to the Uesugi clan, including the daimyō Uesugi Yozan.
Geography
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