Shimonoseki

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Shimonoseki

下関
下関市 · Shimonoseki
Dountoun Shimonoseki
Dountoun Shimonoseki
Official seal of Shimonoseki
Flag
Location of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi
Location of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 33°57′N 130°56′E / 33.950°N 130.933°E / 33.950; 130.933Coordinates: 33°57′N 130°56′E / 33.950°N 130.933°E / 33.950; 130.933
KintraJapan
RegionChūgoku
PrefecturYamaguchi
Govrenment
 • MayorTomoaki Nakao (syne 2009)
Area
 • Total716.14 km2 (276.50 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2010)
 • Total280,386
 • Density391.52/km2 (1,014.0/sq mi)
Symbols
 • TreeCamphor Laurel
 • FlouerCrinum asiaticum
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address1-1 Nanbu, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
750-8521
Websitewww.city.shimonoseki.yamaguchi.jp

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]

Athin Japan[eedit | eedit soorce]