Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Obanazawa
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ginzan Onsen 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ginzan Onsen in the snow
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Obanazawa Yamagata.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Obanazawa, Yamagata.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
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- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tōhoku
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Yamagata
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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==Demographics== Per Japanese census data, the population of Obanazawa peaked around 1950 and has declined considerably since then.
==History== The area of present-day Obanazawa was part of ancient Dewa Province. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Kitamurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Obanazawa was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, and was raised to town status on July 26, 1897. It was made a city on April 10, 1959.