Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi City Hall
Yamaguchi-shi ; 山口市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūgoku
Prefecture :	Yamaguchi
Coordinates :	34 ° 11 ' N , 131 ° 28' E Coordinates: 34 ° 10 '41 " N , 131 ° 28' 26" E
Basic data
Surface:	1,023.31 km²
Residents :	194,990 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	191 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	35203-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	ginkgo
Flower :	Brassica rapa var. Nippo-oleifera
Tree blossom:	Cherry Blossom
town hall
Address :	Yamaguchi City Hall ; 2 - 1 , Kameyama-chō; Yamaguchi -shi ; Yamaguchi 753-8650
Website URL:	http://www.city.yamaguchi.lg.jp
Location of Yamaguchi in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi ( Japanese 山口市 , - shi ) is a city and the administrative seat of Yamaguchi Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Yamaguchi is located on the Fushino River in the extreme southwest of Honshu.

history

The settlement was laid out in 1360 by Prince Ouchi based on the model of Heian-kyō ( Kyōto ), the former capital of Japan. Therefore, Yamaguchi is also called the Kyoto of the West .

Around 1550, Franz Xaver founded the first Christian community in Japan in Yamaguchi.

In 1863 the administration of the fiefdom ( han ) Chōshū moved to Yamaguchi, which has since been known as the Yamaguchi fiefdom.

The independent city (shi) Yamaguchi was created on April 10, 1929 through the merger of the previous city (machi) Yamaguchi in the district of Yoshiki with the village of Yoshiki. In 1944 nine other communities from the district were incorporated, two of which, Ajisu and Ogōri, but initially became independent again after the Pacific War. Further incorporations followed in 1956 and 1963 and a larger one in 2005 when Ajisu, Ogōri and two other communities were incorporated.

On January 16, 2010 Atō was incorporated.