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Tsuruoka
鶴岡市 | |
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 Top:Cherry blossom in Tsuruoka Park, Middle left:Chido hall of Tsuruoka, Middle right:Five story pagoda in Mount Haguro, Bottom left:Atsumi Spa, Bottom right:Ogisai Kurokawa Noh | |
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 Location of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture | |
  Tsuruoka | |
| Coordinates: 38°43′38″N 139°49′36″E / 38.72722°N 139.82667°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Yamagata |
| First official recorded | 593 AD |
| City Settled | October 1, 1924 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Osamu Minagawa (From October 2017) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,311.53 km2 (506.38 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2020) | |
| • Total | 125,389 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0235-25-2111 |
| Address | 9-25, Babachō, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata-ken 997-8601 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Sakura |
| Tree | Japanese beech |
Tsuruoka (鶴岡市, Tsuruoka-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 125,389 in 49,024 households,[1] and a population density of 95.74 persons per km². The total area of the city is 1,311.53 square kilometres (506.38 square miles). Tsuruoka is the biggest city in Tōhoku region in terms of land area.[2]
Today's Tsuruoka is the result of the fusion of several neighborhoods around the center of the city such as Atsumi, Asahi, Fujishima, Kushibiki, and Haguro in 1953.[3]
- ^ Tsuruoka City official statistics (in Japanese)
- ^ "山形県鶴岡市はこんなところ | ぐるたび". gurutabi.gnavi.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ^ City, Tsuruoka. 鶴岡市の沿革 鶴岡市. www.city.tsuruoka.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-13.