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| settlement_type= City | image_skyline= Yamaguchi montage.jpg | image_caption= From top left:Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church, Yamaguchi Prefectural Government Museum, Ruriko-ji Five-storied pagoda, View of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Satellite Earth Station,KDDI Corporation | image_flag= Flag of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi.png | image_map= Yamaguchi in Yamaguchi Prefecture Ja.svg | lat_deg= 34 | lat_min= 11 | lat_sec= | lon_deg= 131 | lon_min= 28 | lon_sec= | region= Chūgoku (San'yō) | prefecture= Yamaguchi Prefecture | district= | mayor= Sumitada Watanabe | area_km2= 1023.31 | population= 198,971 | population_as_of= February 1, 2010 | density_km2= 194.44 | tree= Ginkgo | flower= Rapeseed flowers, Sakura | bird= | city_hall_address= 2-1 Kameyama-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken | city_hall_postal_code= 753-8650 | website = }} is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 10, 1929. 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 1,023.31 km². There is a famous Buddhist temple, , 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〔Kami-Kanakoso, Shimo-Kanakoso, Yawatanobaba, Noda, Kami-Tatekōji, Shimo-Tatekōji, Ishigan-non, Dōso, Enseiji, Dōnomae, Ōichi, Shogan-shōji, Kubo-shōji, Sentō-shōji, Shinbaba, Ushirogawara, Nakagawara, Hayamada, Shin, Komeya, Otsubone-shōji, Ima-shōji, Nakaichi, Aimono-shōji, Tachiuri, Matsunoki, Kitano-shōji, Babadono-shōji, Yonedono-shōji, Dōjōmonzen, Imaichi, Imamichi, Wani-ishi, Ōzuke, Shinbashi, Nishimonzen, Itoyone-shōji, Arataka, Ta and Nakasanai (all from Yoshiki District)〕 were merged to form the town of Yamaguchi. *April 1, 1905: The village of Kami-unorei was merged into the town of Yamaguchi. *July 1, 1915: The village of Shimo-unorei was merged into the town of Yamaguchi. *April 10, 1929: The town of Yamaguchi absorbed the village of Yoshiki to create the city of Yamaguchi (1st Generation). *April 1, 1941: The village of Miyano was 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 were merged with the city of Yamaguchi (1st Generation) 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 was broken off from Yamaguchi. *November 1, 1949: The town of Ogōri was broken 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) was merged into Yamaguchi. *October 1, 2005: Yamaguchi (2nd Generation) absorbed the town of Tokuji (from Saba District), and the towns of Aio, Ajisu and Ogōri (all from Yoshiki District) to create the 3rd city of Yamaguchi. *January 16, 2010: Yamaguchi absorbed the town of Atō (from Abu District). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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