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located in

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 ...

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. On April 21, 2003, Tokuyama, along with the city of Shinnan'yō, the town of Kumage (from Kumage District), and the town of

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(from Tsuno District), was merged to create the city of

Shūnan is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 143,959 and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area is 656.13 km2. The modern city of Shūna ...

. The city had a population of about 150,000 people. Its location along the

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made for easy access to nearby cities such as Hiroshima and Fukuoka. Hikari holds a sizable beach.

Education

The city previously had a North Korean school, Tokuyama Korean Elementary and Junior High School ( 徳山朝鮮初中級学校).各級学校
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. July 26, 2001. Retrieved on October 15, 2015.

References

External links

* (Archive)
Shūnan official website
{{Authority control Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture Populated places established in 1944 Populated places disestablished in 2003 Shūnan, Yamaguchi