Tsuruoka

Tsuruoka
鶴岡市
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
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
Flag of Tsuruoka
Official seal of Tsuruoka
Location of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture
Location of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture
Tsuruoka is located in Japan
Tsuruoka
Tsuruoka
 
Coordinates: 38°43′38″N 139°49′36″E / 38.72722°N 139.82667°E / 38.72722; 139.82667
CountryJapan
RegionTōhoku
PrefectureYamagata
First official recorded593 AD
City SettledOctober 1, 1924
Government
 • MayorOsamu Minagawa (From October 2017)
Area
 • Total1,311.53 km2 (506.38 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2020)
 • Total125,389
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number0235-25-2111
Address9-25, Babachō, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata-ken 997-8601
ClimateCfa
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
FlowerSakura
TreeJapanese beech
View of Tsuruoka City Office

Tsuruoka (鶴岡市, Tsuruoka-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2020, 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]

  1. ^ Tsuruoka City official statistics (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ City, Tsuruoka. 鶴岡市の沿革 鶴岡市. www.city.tsuruoka.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-13.

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