Yamagata Prefecture Municipalities
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by Philbert Ono
As of March 31, 2006, Yamagata has 13 cities (-shi; 市), 19 towns (-machi; 町), and 3 villages (-mura; 村).
Cities
The major cities are Yamagata city (capital), Kaminoyama, Sakata, and Yonezawa. *Asterisked sites are in English.
- Higashine (東根市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Kaminoyama (上山市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Murayama (村山市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Nagai (長井市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Nan'yo (南陽市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Obanazawa (尾花沢市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Sagae (寒河江市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Sakata (酒田市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Shinjo (新庄市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Tendo (天童市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Tsuruoka (鶴岡市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Yamagata city (山形市) - Prefectural capital. Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Yonezawa (米沢市) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
Towns and Villages
Towns (-machi; 町) and villages (-mura; 村) are grouped into non-administrative counties (-gun; 郡). *Asterisked sites are in English.
- Akumi-gun ()
- Yuza-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Higashimurayama-gun ()
- Nakayama-machi (中山町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Yamanobe-machi (山辺町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Higashi-okitama-gun ()
- Kawanishi-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Takahata-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Higashitagawa-gun ()
- Mikawa-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Shonai-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Kitamurayama-gun ()
- Oishida-machi (大石田町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Mogami-gun ()
- Funagata-machi (舟形町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Kaneyama-machi (金山町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Mamurogawa-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Mogami-machi (最上町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Okura-mura (大蔵村) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Sakegawa-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Tozawa-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Nishi-murayama-gun ()
- Asahi-machi (朝日町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Kahoku-machi (河北町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Nishikawa-machi (西川町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Oe-machi (大江町) - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Nishiokitama-gun ()
- Iide-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Oguni-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
- Shirataka-machi () - Train stations: JR | Photos | [http Official site]
Municipal Mergers
On June 30, 2005, Yamagata had 13 cities (-shi; 市), 27 towns (-machi; 町), and 4 villages (-mura; 村). By March 31, 2006, this changed to 13 cities, 19 towns, and 3 villages. Heisei Municipal Mergers between April 1, 1999 and March 31, 2006 are as follows:
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