Chiba, Chiba

Chiba
Chiba; 千葉
	Designatit ceety
	千葉市 · Chiba Ceety
	Coastal industrial aurie, Chiba Fowk Museum; Makuhari Messe, Chiba Port Tower; Chiba Marine Stadium; Skyscrapers o Makuhari on the coast.
	Flag
	Location of Chiba in Chiba
	Coordinates: 35°36′N 140°6′E / 35.600°N 140.100°ECoordinates: 35°36′N 140°6′E / 35.600°N 140.100°E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefectur	Chiba
Govrenment
• Mayor	Toshihito Kumagai
Area
• Total	272.08 km2 (105.05 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	962,624
• Density	3,540/km2 (9,200/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Keyaki
• Flouer	Nelumbo nucifera
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	1-1 Chiba-minato, Chūō-ku, Chiba; 260-8722
Website	www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/EnTop.html

Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is the caipital ceety o Chiba Prefectur, Japan. It is locatit approximately 40 kilometre (25 mi) sootheast o the centre o Tokyo on Tokyo Bay.^[1] Chiba Ceety became a govrenment designatit ceety in 1992. As o 2008, its population is approximately 960,000.

Sister ceeties

North Vancouver, Breetish Columbie, Canadae syne 1 Januar 1970
Asunción, Paraguay syne 1 Januar 1970
Houston, Texas, Unitit States syne 24 October 1972
Quezon Ceety, Philippines syne 9 November 1972
Tianjin, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae syne 7 Mey 1986
Montreux, Swisserland syne 28 Mey 1996
Wujiang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae syne 10 October 1996

References

↑ "Chiba-shi (千葉市)". Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2012.(in Japanese)

Freemit airtins

Offeecial wabsteid in Japanese,

[chimei-chiba-1] "Chiba-shi (千葉市)". Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2012.(in Japanese)

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