Yamaguchi 山口
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山口市 · Yamaguchi City
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Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34°11′N 131°28′E / 34.183°N 131.467°E / 34.183; 131.467Coordinates: 34°11′N 131°28′E / 34.183°N 131.467°E / 34.183; 131.467
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Yamaguchi
Government
- Mayor	Sumitada Watanabe
Area
- Total	1,023.31 km2 (395.1 sq mi)
Population (February 1, 2010)
- Total	198,971
- Density	194.44/km2 (503.6/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols
- Tree	Ginkgo
- Flower	Rapeseed flowers, Sakura
Phone number	083-922-4111
Address	2-1 Kameyama-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 753-8650
Website	City of Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church

Rurikō-ji Temple

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 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.

Media

Newspaper

• Yamaguchi Shimbun

TV

• YAB TV (ANN)
• KRY TV (NNN)
• TYS TV (JNN)
• NHK 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

• Yamaguchi University (national)
• Yamaguchi Prefectural University

Transportation

Railways

• JR West lines
  • Sanyō Shinkansen - Shin-Yamaguchi Station
  • San'yō Main Line
  • Yamaguchi Line
  • Ube Line

Expressways

• Chūgoku Expressway
• San'yō Expressway

Sister cities

• Pamplona, Spain
• Jinan, China
• Gongju, South Korea
• Zouping County China

Yamaguchi Prefecture Cities Hagi | Hikari | Hōfu | Iwakuni | Kudamatsu | Mine | Nagato | Sanyo-Onoda | Shimonoseki | Shūnan | Ube | Yamaguchi (capital) | Yanai Abu District Abu Kuga District Waki Kumage District Hirao | Kaminoseki | Tabuse Ōshima District Suō-Ōshima