🇯🇵 Yurihonjō is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan.
History The area of present-day Yurihonjō was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Mogami clan during the Sengoku period. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, part of the area came under the control of Honjō Domain, Kameda Domain and Yashima Domain, with a very small portion under direct rule by the shogunate (tenryō). After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Yuri District, Akita Prefecture in 1878, and the town of Honjō was formed with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Honjō was raised to city status on March 31, 1954.
The city of Yurihonjō was established on March 22, 2005, from the merger of the city of Honjō, and the towns of Chōkai, Higashiyuri, Iwaki, Nishime, Ōuchi, Yashima and Yuri (all from Yuri District). Just after the merger, the new city of Yurihonjō had 126 representatives in its new city assembly, more than the whole of Tokyo.
Geography Yurihonjō is located in south-west corner of Akita Prefecture, bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west, and by Yamagata Prefecture to the south. It is the largest municipality in Akita Prefecture in terms of area, covering approximately one-tenth the area of the prefecture, or about half the area of Kanagawa Prefecture. Part of the city is within the borders of the Chōkai Quasi-National Park.
Neighboring municipalities • Akita Prefecture ◦ Akita ◦ Nikaho ◦ Daisen ◦ Yuzawa ◦ Yokote ◦ Ugo • Yamagata Prefecture ◦ Sakata ◦ Yuza ◦ Mamurogawa.
Economy The economy of Yurihonjō is based on agriculture and commercial fishing.
Akita Prefectural University also has a campus in the city.
Companies headquartered in Yurihonjo • TDK Yurihonjo.
Yurihonjō has a population of over 76,077 people. Yurihonjō also forms one of the centres of the wider Akita Prefecture which has a population of over 966,000 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Yurihonjō has links with:
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🇵🇹 Caldas da Rainha 39.407
🇺🇸 Martinsville 39.428
🇺🇸 Egg Harbor 39.377
🇺🇸 Castle Rock 39.376
🇺🇸 Highlands Ranch 39.35
🇺🇸 Atlantic City 39.35
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Locations Near: Yurihonjō 140.056,39.3783
🇯🇵 Daisen 140.467,39.45 d: 36.2
🇯🇵 Yokote 140.569,39.304 d: 44.9
🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 139.817,38.717 d: 76.4
🇯🇵 Hanamaki 141.117,39.383 d: 91.2
🇯🇵 Kitakami 141.124,39.289 d: 92.4
🇯🇵 Tendō 140.367,38.35 d: 117.5
Antipodal to: Yurihonjō -39.944,-39.378
🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19136.8
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18543.7
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 18649.7
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18543.8
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18570.9
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18560.5
🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 18612.3
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 18560.1
🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 18555.6