Shizuoka, Shizuoka
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Shizuoka 静岡 | |
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| 静岡市 · City of Shizuoka[1] | |
 Tap left: Shizuoka Sengen Shrine; Tap richt: Nihondaira Stadium Middle: Munt Fuji & Shimizu Port frae Nihondaira Upper bottom left Green tea fields; Lawer bottom left Toro ruins; Bottom richt: Tatsumi yagura o Sunpu Castle | |
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 Location of Shizuoka in Shizuoka | |
| Coordinates: 34°59′N 138°23′E / 34.983°N 138.383°ECoordinates: 34°59′N 138°23′E / 34.983°N 138.383°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Prefectur | Shizuoka |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Tanabe Nobuhiro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1411.85 km2 (545.12 sq mi) |
| Population (Februar 2012) | |
| • Total | 723,317 |
| • Density | 507/km2 (1,310/sq mi) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Flouering Dugwid |
| • Flouer | Hollyhock |
| • Bird | Common Kingfisher |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| City Hall Address | 5-1 Ōtemachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken 420-8602 |
| Website | www |
Shizuoka (静岡市 Shizuoka-shi) is the caipital ceety o Shizuoka Prefectur, Japan, an the prefectur's seicont-lairgest ceety in terms o baith population an aurie. It haes been populatit syne prehistoric times.
The ceety's name is made up o twa kanji, 静—shizu, meanin "still" or "calm"; an 岡—oka, meanin "hill(s)".[2] In 1869, Shizuoka Domain wis first creatit oot o the aulder Sunpu Domain, an that name wis retained when the ceety wis incorporatit in 1885. In 2003, Shizuoka merged wi Shimizu Ceety (nou Shimizu Waird), briefly acoming the lairgest ceety bi land aurie in Japan. In 2005, it acame ane o Japan's 19 "designatit ceeties".
Sister an friendship ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Shizuoka haes twin an friendship relationships wi several ceeties.[3][4]
Twin ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Owerseas[eedit | eedit soorce]
Stockton, Californie, Unitit States (syne October 16, 1959)- Omaha, Nebraska, Unitit States (syne Aprile 1, 1965)
- Shelbyville, Indiana, Unitit States (syne November 3, 1989)
Cannes, Fraunce (syne November 5, 1991)
Within Japan[eedit | eedit soorce]
Muroran, Hokkaidō (syne December 24, 1976)- Jōetsu, Niigata (syne October 12, 1995)
Friendship ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Owerseas[eedit | eedit soorce]
Huế, Vietnam (syne Aprile 12, 2005)
Within Japan[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Saku, Nagano (syne October 12, 1989)
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Foreign Languages". The City of Shizuoka. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2012. Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World, pages 344–345. McFarland, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7864-2248-7
- ↑ International Sister Cities & Friendship Cities ‐ 静岡市 Shizuoka website retrieved July 8, 2008
- ↑ Domestic Sister Ceeties & Friendship Ceeties ‐ 静岡市 Shizuoka wabsteid retrieved July 8, 2008
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Shizuoka
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