Shimonoseki

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.

Shimonoseki 下関
Core ceety
下関市 · Shimonoseki
Dountoun Shimonoseki
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Location of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 33°57′N 130°56′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefectur	Yamaguchi
Govrenment
• Mayor	Tomoaki Nakao (syne 2009)
Area
• Total	716.14 km2 (276.50 sq mi)
Population  (October 1, 2010)
• Total	280,386
• Density	391.52/km2 (1,014.0/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Camphor Laurel
• Flouer	Crinum asiaticum
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	1-1 Nanbu, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 750-8521
Website	www.city.shimonoseki.yamaguchi.jp

Twin ceeties

Shimonoseki haes ane domestic an 5 internaitional sister ceeties:

Ootside Japan

• Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, syne 1971
• Istanbul, Turkey, syne 1972
• Busan, Republic o Korea, syne 1976
• Qingdao, Cheenae, syne 1979
• Pittsburg, Californie, U.S., since 1998

Athin Japan

• Kikugawa (Shizuoka Prefectur)