city
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located in east central
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...
,
Japan
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. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated
population
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of 143,959 and a
population density
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of 220 persons per km2. The total area is 656.13 km2.
The modern city of Shūnan was founded on April 21, 2003, by the merger of the cities of Tokuyama and Shinnan'yō, the town of Kumage (from Kumage District), and the town of Kano (from Tsuno District). Its name is derived from the first character (周) of the name of the former
Suō Province
was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.
The ancient provincial capital was in Hōfu. Suō was ruled for much o ...
(周防国), and the character for south (南), reflecting its location, comprising much of the southern part of the old province.
The city is bordered in the west by the cities of Yamaguchi and Hōfu, in the east by
Iwakuni
is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
History
Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled ...
, in the southeast by
Hikari
may refer to:
Places
*Hikari Station, a station on Sanyō Main Line in Hikari, Yamaguchi
* Hikari, Chiba, a former town in Sousa District, Chiba, Japan
*Hikari, Yamaguchi, a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
People
*Hikari (name), people and ...
and
Kudamatsu
is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 55,119, with 24,392 households and a population density of 616 persons per km2. The total area is 89.44 km2.
The city was founded on November 3, 1939, being ...
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...
. To the south is the
Inland Sea
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.
History
*April 21, 2003: Shūnan is founded by the merger of Tokuyama, Shinnan'yō, Kano (from Tsuno District) and Kumage (from Kumage District). Tsuno District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
*May 25, 2003: Kazuto Kawamura becomes first mayor.
*April 22, 2007: Yukio Shimazu defeats Ken'ichirō Kimura to become city's second mayor.
Communities
*
Mitake Mitake can refer to
Companies:
*Mitake Tozan Railway, a Japanese transport company in Ōme, Tokyo, Japan
Locations:
*Mitake, Gifu, a town located in Kani District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
*Mitake, Nagano, a former village located in Kiso District, ...
Chongryon
The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, " ''
. November 6, 2005. Retrieved on October 15, 2015. Shunan also hosts
Tokuyama University
is a public university in Shunan, Yamaguchi, Japan, established as a private university in 1971. It was formerly called Tokuyama University, but was transferred into a public university in 2022.
Organisation and administration
The University ...
, a private institution which was founded in 1971.
Australia
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(1990, Tokuyama)
*
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo.
It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 844,483 (2020 est.) in an area of .
History
The city was founded b ...
,
Brazil
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(1973, Tokuyama)
Economy and industry
The
food processing
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company, Shimaya, has headquarters in Shunan. Also, the
petroleum
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company,
Idemitsu Kosan
is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries, produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products, and also operates gas stations under the brand and (until 2023) in its own ''Idemitsu'' and ''Sh ...
; the chemical company, Tosoh and Tokuyama; the iron product company, Nisshin Steel; all have plants based in Shunan.
Sports
Before Tokuyama became part of Shūnan, it was one of the host cities of the official
1998 Women's Volleyball World Championship
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