About Yamagata
Yamagata is a city in Yamagata, Japan with a population of 248,772. It is the 98th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, and the 2,311th largest worldwide. It lies 289 km from Tokyo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 16
Elevation
321 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
38.233, 140.367
Record updated
2022-08-15
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 1,216 in JapanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.