Yonezawa (米沢市, Yonezawa-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 81,707 living in 33,278 households as of 1 February 2020, a density of about 150 people per square kilometre. The municipality covers a total area of 548.51 square kilometres. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Yamagata Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Japan: Administrative Division
citypopulation.deYamagata Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census columnQuote, Yamagata Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census column
Yonezawa City (-shi) 米沢市 95,592 95,396 93,178 89,401 85,953 81,252 76,114
2. Yonezawa, Yamagata (Wikipedia)
Lead, area
The total area of the city is 548.51 square kilometres
Part Of: Japan, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
On Continent: Asia, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead, first sentence
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.9222,140.1167
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 243.0
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 140.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 140.25
37.75 140.25 Dfb
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