- Shimada, Shizuoka
Infobox City Japan
Name= Shimada
JapaneseName= 島田市
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Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Shizuoka
District=
Area_km2= 195.40
PopDate= October 2006
Population= 95,796
Density_km2=
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 50
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 138
LongtitudeMinutes= 11
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree=osmanthus
Flower=rose ,azalea
Bird=Blue-and-White Flycatcher
Symbol
SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Katsurō Sakurai
CityHallPostalCode= 427-8501
CityHallAddress= 1-1 Chūō-chō, Shimada-shi, Shizuoka-ken
CityHallPhone= 547-37-8200
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.shimada.shizuoka.jp/hisyokouhou/English.jsp City of Shimada] nihongo|Shimada|島田市|Shimada-shi is a city located in Shizuoka,Japan .The city was founded on
January 1 ,1948 . It is twinned withRichmond, California in theUSA . There is currently an exchange program for students of Shimada to be hosted by students at Richmond, California and vice versa.Geography
urrounding municipalities
*Fujieda
*Kakegawa
*Kikugawa
*Makinohara
*Oigawa, Shida District
*Kawane, Haibara District
*Yoshida, Haibara District
*Mori, Shuchi DistrictHistory
*May 5, 2005 - It was formed by the merger of Shimada(1st) and Kanaya.
External links
* [http://www.city.shimada.shizuoka.jp/hisyokouhou/English.jsp City of Shimada] (English)
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