Yamagata District, Hiroshima

Location of Yamagata District in Hiroshima Prefecture

Yamagata (山県郡, Yamagata-gun) is a district located in northwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 29,978 and a density of 30.34 persons per km². The total area is 988.11 km².

Towns and villages

Akiōta: founded on October 1, 2004 from the merger of the towns of Kake and Togouchi, and the village of Tsutsuga
Kitahiroshima: founded on February 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Chiyoda, Geihoku, Ōasa and Toyohira

Hiroshima Prefecture

Wards of Hiroshima (capital city)	Aki Asakita Asaminami Higashi Minami Naka Nishi Saeki

Other cities	Akitakata Etajima Fuchū Fukuyama Hatsukaichi Higashihiroshima Kure Mihara Miyoshi Onomichi Ōtake Shōbara Takehara

Aki District	Fuchū Kaita Kumano Saka

Jinseki District	Jinsekikōgen

Sera District	Sera

Toyota District	Ōsakikamijima

Yamagata District	Akiōta Kitahiroshima

Coordinates: 34°41′20″N 132°20′56″E / 34.689°N 132.349°E / 34.689; 132.349

Authority control	VIAF: 255147602 BNF: cb119761121 (data) NDL: 00635611

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