Shūnan, Yamaguchi

Infobox City Japan
Name= Shūnan
JapaneseName= 周南市
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Region= Chūgoku
Prefecture= Yamaguchi
District=
Area_km2= 656.13
PopDate= 2006
Population= 155,902
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LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 3
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 131
LongtitudeMinutes= 48
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Tree= Cinnamomum camphora
Flower= Salvia splendens
Bird=
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Yukio Shimazu
CityHallPostalCode= 745-8655
CityHallAddress= 1-1 Kisan-dōri, Shūnan-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
CityHallPhone= 0834-22-8211
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.shunan.lg.jp/ City of Shūnan]

nihongo|Shūnan|周南市|Shūnan-shi is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

The city was founded on April 21, 2003, merging two former cities, Tokuyama and Shinnan'yō and two towns, Kano and Kumage.

Its name is derived from the first character (周) of the name of the former Suō Province (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, in the southeast by Hikari and Kudamatsu, and in the north by Yoshika, Shimane Prefecture. To the south is the Inland Sea.

History

*April 21, 2003: Shūnan is founded by the merger of Tokuyama, Shinnan'yō, Kano, and Kumage
*May 25, 2003: Kazuto Kawamura becomes first mayor
*April 22, 2007: Yukio Shimazu defeats Ken'ichirō Kimura to become city's second mayor

Sister Cities

*flagicon|Netherlands Delfzijl, Netherlands (1990, Shinnan'yō)
*flagicon|Australia Townsville, Australia (1990, Tokuyama)
*flagicon|Brazil São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil (1973, Tokuyama)

ee also

* Shunan English School (SES): English school located at Shûnan.

External links

* [http://www.city.shunan.lg.jp/ Shunan official website] in Japanese
* [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/museums/kaiten/index.htm Kaiten Memorial Museum]
* [http://www.e-ses.jp/ SES official website]