Yamaguchi (city)
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Yamaguchi (山口市, Yamaguchi-shi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
As of February 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 198,971 and a population density of 194.44 persons per km². The total area is 1023.31 km².
The city was founded on April 10, 1929.
There is a famous Buddhist temple, Rurikō-ji (瑠璃光寺, Rurikō-ji), with a five-story pagoda, a Catholic cathedral that commemorates the visit of Saint Francis Xavier and subsequent introduction of Christianity to Japan in 1550.
Yamaguchi is served by Yamaguchi Ube Airport in nearby Ube.
Merger history
- April 1, 1889: 40 towns[* 1] were merged to form the town of Yamaguchi.
- April 1, 1905: The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Kami-unorei merged.
- July 1, 1915: The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Shimo-unorei merged.
- April 10, 1929: The town of Yamaguchi and the village of Yoshiki merged to form the city of Yamaguchi (1st Generation).
- April 1, 1941: The village of Miyano merged into the city of Yamaguchi.
- April 1, 1944: The towns of Ogōri and Ajisu, and the villages of Hirakawa, Ōtoshi, Sue, Natajima, Aiofutajima, Kagawa and Sayama merged with the city of Yamaguchi to become the new city of Yamaguchi (2nd Generation). (At that time of the merger, all of them were from Yoshiki District.)
- November 23, 1947: The town of Ajisu broke off from Yamaguchi.
- November 1, 1949: The town of Ogōri broke off from Yamaguchi.
- November 3, 1963: The village of Suzenji from the Yoshiki District merged into Yamaguchi.
- May 1, 1963: The town of Ōuchi from Yoshiki District merged into Yamaguchi.
- October 1, 2005: Yamaguchi (2nd Generation) merged with the remaining parts of Yoshiki District (Dissolved by this action) and the town of Tokuji from Saba District (also dissolved by this action) to form the 3rd city of Yamaguchi.
- January 16, 2010: Yamaguchi absorbed the town of Atō, from Abu District.
- ^ Kami-Kanakoso, Shimo-Kanakoso, Yawatanobaba, Noda, Kami-Tatekōji, Shimo-Tatekōji, Ishigan-non, Dōso, Enseiji, Dōnomae, Ōichi, Shogan-shōji, Kubo-shōji, Sentō-shōji, Shinbaba, Ushirogawara, Nakagawara, Hayamada, Shin, Komeya, Otsubone-shōji, Ima-shōji, Nakaichi, Aimono-shōji, Tachiuri, Matsunoki, Kitano-shōji, Babadono-shōji, Yonedono-shōji, Dōjōmonzen, Imaichi, Imamichi, Wani-ishi, Ōzuke, Shinbashi, Nishimonzen, Itoyone-shōji, Arataka, Ta and Nakasanai (all from Yoshiki District)
Media
Newspaper
TV
Places of interest
- Rurikō-ji, a five story pagoda and national treasure
- Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
- Chūya Nakahara Memorial Museum
- Yuda Onsen
Education
Transportation
Railways
Expressways
Sister cities
Pamplona, Spain
Jinan, China
Gongju, South Korea- Zouping County China
External links
Media related to Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi at Wikimedia Commons
References
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