Editing Yamagata Prefecture (section)

===Cities===
{{See also|List of cities in Yamagata Prefecture by population}}
Thirteen cities are located in Yamagata Prefecture:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |Population density (per km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Higashine Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Higashine]]
|東根市
|207.17
|47,910
|231.26
|[[File:Higashine in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kaminoyama Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kaminoyama]]
|上山市
|240.93
|29,974
|124.41
|[[File:Kaminoyama in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Murayama, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Murayama, Yamagata|Murayama]]
|村山市
|196.98
|23,643
|120.03
|[[File:Murayama in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Nagai, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Nagai, Yamagata|Nagai]]
|長井市
|214.67
|26,466
|123.29
|[[File:Nagai in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Nanyo, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Nan'yō, Yamagata|Nan'yō]]
|南陽市
|160.52
|31,112
|193.82
|[[File:Nanyo in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Obanazawa Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Obanazawa]]
|尾花沢市
|373.32
|15,237
|40.81
|[[File:Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Sagae, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Sagae]]
|寒河江市
|139.03
|40,131
|288.65
|[[File:Sagae in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Sakata, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Sakata, Yamagata|Sakata]]
|酒田市
|602.97
|99,341
|164.75
|[[File:Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Shinjō, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Shinjō, Yamagata|Shinjō]]
|新庄市
|223.08
|34,937
|156.61
|[[File:Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Tendo Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tendō, Yamagata|Tendō]]
|天童市
|113.01
|61,947
|548.16
|[[File:Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Tsuruoka, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tsuruoka]]
|鶴岡市
|1,311.53
|125,389
|95.61
|[[File:Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Yamagata, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]] (capital)
|山形市
|381.58
|248,772
|651.95
|[[File:Yamagata in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Yonezawa, Yamagata.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]]
|米沢市
|548.51
|81,707
|148.96
|[[File:Yonezawa in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|90x90px]]
|}