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Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Obanazawa CityCity
Yamagata PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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PlacePopulation
Obanazawa20,821 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
339069
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:339069:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japon
German:
Obanazawa, Präfektur Yamagata, Japan
Italian:
Obanazawa, prefettura di Yamagata, Giappone
Russian:
Обанадзава, Ямагата, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
尾花澤市, 山形县, 日本
Spanish:
Obanazawa, Prefectura de Yamagata, Japón
Arabic:
أوبانازاوا , ياماغاتا, اليابان
Asturian:
Obanazawa, prefeutura de Yamagata, Xapón
Bengali:
অবানাযাওয়া, য়ামাগাতা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Cebuano:
Obanazawa, Yamagata-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
尾花澤市, 山形縣, 日本
Danish:
Obanazawa, Yamagata-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
Farsi/Persian:
اوبانازاوا، یاماگاتا, استان یاماگاتا, ژاپن
Finnish:
Obanazawa, Yamagatan prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Obanazawa, Prefectura de Yamagata, Xapón
Greek:
Ομπαναζάβα, Γιαμαγκάτα, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
ઓબનાઝાવા, યમાગાતા પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hindi:
ओबानज़वा, यामागाटा प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Indonesian:
Obanazawa, Prefektur Yamagata, Jepang
Japanese:
尾花沢市, 山形県, 日本
Kannada:
ಓಬನಾಝಾವ, ಯಮಗಾಟಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
오바나자와시, 야마가타현, 일본
Latvian:
Obanazava, Jamagatas prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Obanazava, Jamagatos prefektūra, Japonija
Malay:
Obanazawa, Wilayah Yamagata, Jepun
Marathi:
ओबानाझावा, यामागाता, जपान
Mazanderani:
اوبانازاوا، یاماگاتا, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Obanazawa-chhī, Yamagata-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
Polish:
Obanazawa, Prefektura Yamagata, Japonia
Portuguese:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japão
Romanian:
Obanazawa, Prefectura Yamagata, Japonia
Sinhalese:
ඔබන්සවා, යමගාටා ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
South Azerbaijani:
اوبانازاوا، یاماقاتا, یاماقاتا اوستانی, ژاپون
Swedish:
Obanazawa, Yamagata prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Obanasawa, Prepektura ng Yamagata, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Обаназава, Префектураи Ямагата, Ҷопон
Tamil:
ஓபனாசவா, யமாட்டா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே, யப்பான்
Telugu:
ఒబనజ్వ, యమగాతా ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
โอบานาซาว่า, จังหวัดยามางาตะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
尾花澤, 山形縣, 日本
Tumbuka:
Obanazawa, Japan
Turkish:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Обанадзава, Префектура Ямаґата, Японія
Urdu:
اوبانازاوا, یاماگاتا پرفکترے, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Obanazawa, Yamagata, Hapon


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Ginzan - Kaminohata123.03 - 5.333 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Macrocheira ginzanensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Inachidae : Macrocheira : Macrocheira ginzanensis23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obanazawa,_Yamagata
Wikidata ID:Q846342
GeoNames ID:7450018


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