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229:Population
193:Prefecture
1914:Shirataka
1887:Nishikawa
1789:Kawanishi
1748:Districts
1709:Obanazawa
1684:Higashine
1651:Core city
1541:March 25,
1514:March 25,
1444:Sagae Dam
1373:Education
967:(107.05)
396:Geography
353:Nishikawa
251:Time zone
118:Nishikawa
23:Nishikawa
1860:Sakegawa
1840:Kaneyama
1835:Funagata
1794:Takahata
1777:Yamanobe
1772:Nakayama
1739:Yonezawa
1734:Tsuruoka
1694:Murayama
1659:Yamagata
1636:Yamagata
1183:Source:
1178:1,263.7
1091:(≥ 3 cm)
962:(14.35)
957:(10.59)
937:(11.48)
907:(13.59)
898:Average
465:Murakami
430:Tsuruoka
291:- Animal
277:- Flower
205:District
198:Yamagata
1823:Ōishida
1641:capital
1398:Highway
1386:Railway
1365:Economy
1345:History
952:(7.81)
947:(7.06)
942:(7.79)
932:(6.56)
927:(5.45)
922:(5.60)
917:(7.28)
912:(8.93)
893:(−3.8)
883:(12.0)
878:(26.6)
873:(33.4)
868:(45.1)
863:(43.5)
858:(35.8)
853:(28.0)
848:(12.6)
843:(−3.8)
838:(−0.9)
833:(−2.0)
823:(39.5)
818:(26.4)
813:(33.1)
808:(42.8)
803:(55.2)
798:(62.8)
793:(61.3)
788:(51.8)
783:(41.2)
778:(31.3)
773:(25.2)
768:(20.7)
763:(21.7)
753:(48.0)
748:(32.2)
743:(41.2)
738:(51.8)
733:(63.5)
728:(71.2)
723:(69.6)
718:(62.4)
713:(53.8)
708:(41.4)
703:(33.1)
698:(28.2)
693:(27.9)
683:(57.6)
678:(38.7)
673:(50.9)
668:(62.6)
663:(73.6)
658:(81.9)
653:(79.3)
648:(73.8)
643:(67.1)
638:(53.2)
633:(41.5)
628:(35.2)
623:(33.8)
613:(95.0)
608:(60.8)
603:(70.5)
598:(83.7)
593:(92.1)
588:(95.0)
583:(94.8)
578:(90.7)
573:(88.7)
568:(80.6)
563:(66.6)
558:(60.3)
553:(54.9)
473:Climate
329:Website
318:Climate
309:Address
169:Country
1882:Kahoku
1865:Tozawa
1850:Mogami
1811:Shōnai
1806:Mikawa
1724:Shinjō
1719:Sakata
1704:Nan'yō
1677:Cities
1338:−21.0%
1327:−15.9%
1316:−12.9%
1294:−11.8%
1283:−25.4%
1280:10,740
1269:14,389
1261:+14.2%
1258:15,527
1247:13,601
1239:+12.9%
1236:13,307
1225:11,787
1169:108.2
1166:109.7
1163:143.4
1160:123.2
1157:151.1
1154:195.9
1151:155.8
1084:206.3
1037:(498)
1032:(109)
997:(1.2)
982:(115)
977:(149)
888:(4.3)
504:Month
497:Ōisawa
450:Shōnai
267:- Tree
186:Tōhoku
181:Region
124:
1909:Oguni
1877:Asahi
1855:Ōkura
1729:Tendō
1714:Sagae
1699:Nagai
1335:4,956
1332:2020
1324:6,270
1321:2010
1313:7,452
1310:2000
1305:−9.7%
1302:8,554
1299:1990
1291:9,473
1288:1980
1277:1970
1272:−7.3%
1266:1960
1255:1950
1250:+2.2%
1244:1940
1233:1930
1222:1920
1175:35.8
1172:75.9
1148:94.6
1145:46.1
1142:26.4
1131:90.5
1128:17.1
1104:10.0
1101:16.6
1098:19.3
1095:23.5
1081:24.5
1078:19.1
1075:15.4
1072:13.8
1069:12.9
1066:15.1
1063:11.7
1060:12.2
1057:14.5
1054:19.9
1051:21.1
1048:26.1
1035:1,265
1027:(16)
992:(27)
987:(77)
965:2,719
960:364.4
955:268.9
950:198.3
945:179.4
940:197.9
935:291.6
930:166.7
925:138.5
920:142.3
915:185.0
910:226.9
905:345.3
891:−19.9
886:−15.4
881:−11.1
846:−10.8
841:−19.9
836:−18.3
831:−18.9
543:Year
455:Ōkura
445:Oguni
440:Asahi
425:Sagae
382:Japan
372:is a
256:UTC+9
237:5,225
174:Japan
1904:Iide
1760:Yuza
1543:2022
1516:2022
1211:Pop.
1207:Year
1125:3.3
1107:0.7
1022:(0)
1017:(0)
1012:(0)
1007:(0)
1002:(0)
876:−3.0
851:−2.2
816:−3.1
801:12.9
796:17.1
791:16.3
786:11.0
776:−0.4
771:−3.8
766:−6.3
761:−5.7
736:11.0
731:17.5
726:21.8
721:20.9
716:16.9
711:12.1
696:−2.1
691:−2.3
681:14.2
671:10.5
666:17.0
661:23.1
656:27.7
651:26.3
646:23.2
641:19.5
636:11.8
611:35.0
606:16.0
601:21.4
596:28.7
591:33.4
586:35.0
581:34.9
576:32.6
571:31.5
566:27.0
561:19.2
556:15.7
551:12.7
540:Dec
537:Nov
534:Oct
531:Sep
528:Aug
525:Jul
522:Jun
519:May
516:Apr
513:Mar
510:Feb
507:Jan
404:and
374:town
216:Area
78:Seal
68:Flag
40:Town
1536:JMA
1509:JMA
1030:278
985:196
980:291
975:378
871:0.8
866:7.3
861:6.4
856:2.1
821:4.1
811:0.6
806:6.0
781:5.1
751:8.9
746:0.1
741:5.1
706:5.2
701:0.6
676:3.7
631:5.3
626:1.8
621:1.0
486:Dfb
359:西川町
323:Dfb
29:西川町
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1892:Ōe
1534:.
1507:.
1494:^
1216:±%
1122:0
1119:0
1116:0
1113:0
1110:0
1025:40
990:69
435:Ōe
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