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1192:Demographics
900:mm (inches)
483:
474:
419:Mount Gassan
415:Mogami River
412:
378:Shōnai-machi
365:
364:
270:0234-43-2211
140:38°50′59.6″N
1619:21 November
1404:Nishibukuro
389:located in
155: /
143:139°54′17″E
1995:Categories
1900:Mamurogawa
1744:Kaminoyama
1513:References
1482:See also:
1042:(≥ 1.0 mm)
399:population
229:Population
193:Prefecture
1969:Shirataka
1942:Nishikawa
1844:Kawanishi
1803:Districts
1764:Obanazawa
1739:Higashine
1706:Core city
1582:March 25,
1555:March 25,
1371:Education
463:Nishikawa
409:Geography
251:Time zone
1915:Sakegawa
1895:Kaneyama
1890:Funagata
1849:Takahata
1832:Yamanobe
1827:Nakayama
1794:Yonezawa
1789:Tsuruoka
1749:Murayama
1714:Yamagata
1691:Yamagata
1502:Korsakov
1441:Minamino
1437:Karikawa
1433:Kiyokawa
1181:Source:
1176:1,384.7
1089:(≥ 3 cm)
965:(81.66)
896:Average
495:Karigawa
438:Tsuruoka
205:District
198:Yamagata
1878:Ōishida
1696:capital
1451:Highway
1445:Amarume
1408:Amarume
1384:Railway
1363:Economy
1343:History
963:2,074.1
960:(9.00)
955:(9.33)
950:(7.95)
945:(6.70)
940:(8.61)
935:(8.94)
930:(4.93)
925:(4.79)
920:(4.06)
915:(4.71)
910:(4.93)
905:(7.52)
886:(12.7)
881:(24.8)
876:(35.1)
871:(43.2)
866:(56.3)
861:(52.7)
856:(44.6)
851:(35.4)
846:(20.1)
841:(15.8)
831:(10.8)
821:(47.2)
816:(33.1)
811:(40.8)
806:(51.1)
801:(62.2)
796:(69.8)
791:(67.8)
786:(60.4)
781:(51.3)
776:(40.1)
771:(32.4)
766:(28.4)
761:(28.8)
751:(53.5)
746:(37.6)
741:(47.1)
736:(58.1)
731:(68.9)
726:(76.1)
721:(73.6)
716:(67.3)
711:(59.4)
706:(48.9)
701:(38.8)
696:(33.4)
691:(33.1)
681:(60.8)
676:(42.8)
671:(54.3)
666:(66.4)
661:(77.4)
656:(84.2)
651:(81.0)
646:(75.2)
641:(68.4)
636:(58.3)
631:(46.0)
626:(38.5)
621:(37.4)
611:(99.7)
606:(64.4)
601:(75.2)
596:(85.8)
591:(94.5)
586:(99.7)
581:(97.9)
576:(89.6)
571:(90.0)
566:(86.2)
561:(73.0)
556:(60.3)
551:(56.5)
471:Climate
313:Symbols
295:Website
284:Climate
275:Address
169:Country
1937:Kahoku
1920:Tozawa
1905:Mogami
1866:Shōnai
1861:Mikawa
1779:Shinjō
1774:Sakata
1759:Nan'yō
1732:Cities
1506:Russia
1336:−13.0%
1333:20,151
1322:23,158
1311:25,489
1300:26,705
1289:27,798
1281:−12.8%
1278:28,925
1267:33,160
1259:+15.9%
1256:33,961
1245:29,310
1234:28,224
1223:25,848
1167:118.6
1164:142.1
1161:183.3
1158:143.3
1155:169.4
1152:185.8
1149:155.5
1082:197.5
1035:(204)
1025:(2.0)
990:(1.6)
891:(8.6)
836:(8.6)
502:Month
453:Tozawa
448:Mikawa
443:Sakata
366:Shōnai
332:Flower
237:20,940
186:Tōhoku
181:Region
124:
118:Shōnai
23:Shōnai
1964:Oguni
1932:Asahi
1910:Ōkura
1784:Tendō
1769:Sagae
1754:Nagai
1330:2020
1325:−9.1%
1319:2010
1314:−4.6%
1308:2000
1303:−3.9%
1297:1990
1292:−3.9%
1286:1980
1275:1970
1270:−2.4%
1264:1960
1253:1950
1248:+3.8%
1242:1940
1237:+9.2%
1231:1930
1220:1920
1173:34.8
1170:79.6
1146:99.1
1143:47.3
1140:25.9
1129:55.9
1096:17.8
1093:19.4
1079:23.7
1076:19.7
1073:15.7
1070:13.9
1067:12.3
1064:13.5
1061:11.0
1058:12.0
1055:13.5
1052:17.8
1049:20.0
1046:24.4
1030:(33)
985:(27)
980:(65)
975:(82)
958:228.6
953:237.1
948:202.0
943:170.3
938:218.7
933:227.2
928:125.2
923:121.7
918:103.1
913:119.6
908:125.2
903:190.9
889:−13.0
884:−10.7
834:−13.0
829:−11.8
541:Year
458:Ōkura
395:Japan
385:is a
256:UTC+9
174:Japan
1959:Iide
1815:Yuza
1621:2015
1584:2022
1557:2022
1209:Pop.
1205:Year
1126:8.6
1123:0.5
1102:0.5
1099:9.1
1020:(0)
1015:(0)
1010:(0)
1005:(0)
1000:(0)
995:(0)
879:−4.0
864:13.5
859:11.5
844:−6.6
839:−9.0
804:10.6
799:16.8
794:21.0
789:19.9
784:15.8
779:10.7
764:−2.0
759:−1.8
749:12.0
734:14.5
729:20.5
724:24.5
719:23.1
714:19.6
709:15.2
679:16.0
669:12.4
664:19.1
659:25.2
654:29.0
649:27.2
644:24.0
639:20.2
634:14.6
609:37.6
604:18.0
599:24.0
594:29.9
589:34.7
584:37.6
579:36.6
574:32.0
569:32.2
564:30.1
559:22.8
554:15.7
549:13.6
538:Dec
535:Nov
532:Oct
529:Sep
526:Aug
523:Jul
520:Jun
517:May
514:Apr
511:Mar
508:Feb
505:Jan
387:town
342:Tree
322:Bird
216:Area
78:Seal
68:Flag
40:Town
1577:JMA
1550:JMA
1033:518
978:165
973:209
874:1.7
869:6.2
854:7.0
849:1.9
819:8.4
814:0.6
809:4.9
774:4.5
769:0.2
744:3.1
739:8.4
704:9.4
699:3.8
694:0.8
689:0.6
674:6.0
629:7.8
624:3.6
619:3.0
484:Cfa
372:庄内町
289:Cfa
29:庄内町
1997::
1947:Ōe
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