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'''Yamagata''' is the name of several places in [[Japan]]:
*[[Yamagata Prefecture]]
*[[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata City]], the capital city of [[Yamagata Prefecture]]
**[[Yamagata Astronomical Observatory]], south of the city (IAU code D89)
*[[Yamagata, Gifu]], a city in [[Gifu Prefecture]]
*[[Yamagata, Nagano|Yamagata]], a [[village]] located in [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], [[Japan]].
*[[Yamagata, Iwate]], a village in [[Iwate Prefecture]]
*[[Yamagata District, Hiroshima]], a [[districts of Japan|district]] in [[Hiroshima Prefecture]]
It is also a Japanese surname. People with the name include:
*[[Yamagata Aritomo]] (1838 – 1922), Japanese military leader and politician
*[[Hiro Yamagata]] (1964 - ), Japanese author, critic, economist, and translator
*[[Rachael Yamagata]] (1977 - ), American singer-songwriter
Other uses:
* [[Yamagata (Akira)|Yamagata]] could also refer to the [[fictional character]] in the [[anime]] [[Akira (film)|Akira]].
* [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]], a documentary film festival held biennially in [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata City]]
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