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Nanyo City
Yamagata Prefecture · City
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Nanyo City is in the northern Okitama Basin in southeastern Yamagata Prefecture. It is known for Akayu Onsen and as a village where the folk tale of the grateful crane is handed down, and it has the Yuzuru no Sato Museum. It has Inari-mori Kofun, the 6th largest keyhole-shaped burial mound in the Tohoku region, and Lake Hakuryu, and it also produces grapes and wine.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamagata Prefecture
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