Shimonoseki
Appearance
(Reguidit frae Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi)
Shimonoseki 下関 | |
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下関市 · Shimonoseki | |
Dountoun Shimonoseki | |
![]() Location of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi | |
Coordinates: 33°57′N 130°56′E / 33.950°N 130.933°ECoordinates: 33°57′N 130°56′E / 33.950°N 130.933°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Chūgoku |
Prefectur | Yamaguchi |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Tomoaki Nakao (syne 2009) |
Area | |
• Total | 716.14 km2 (276.50 sq mi) |
Population (October 1, 2010) | |
• Total | 280,386 |
• Density | 391.52/km2 (1,014.0/sq mi) |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Camphor Laurel |
• Flouer | Crinum asiaticum |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
City Hall Address | 1-1 Nanbu, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 750-8521 |
Website | www |
Shimonoseki (下関市 Shimonoseki-shi) is a ceety locatit in Yamaguchi Prefectur, Japan. It is at the soothwastren tip o Honshū, facin the Tsushima Strait an an' a' Kitakyushu athort the Kanmon Straits.
Twin ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Shimonoseki haes ane domestic an 5 internaitional sister ceeties:
Ootside Japan
[eedit | eedit soorce]Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, syne 1971
Istanbul, Turkey, syne 1972
Busan, Republic o Korea, syne 1976
Qingdao, Cheenae, syne 1979
Pittsburg, Californie, U.S., since 1998
Athin Japan
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