Shunan

Shūnan 周南市
City
Flag
Location of Shūnan in Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34°3′N 131°48′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefectur	Yamaguchi
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kenichiro Kimura (since May 2011)
Area
• Total	656.13 km2 (253.33 sq mi)
Population  (December 31, 2009)
• Total	153,681
• Density	234.22/km2 (606.6/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Cinnamomum camphora
• Flouer	Salvia splendens
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	1-1 Kisan-dōri, Shūnan-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 745-8655
Website	Ceety o Shūnan

Shūnan (周南市, Shūnan-shi) is a ceety locatit in east central Yamaguchi Prefectur, Japan.

The ceety wis foondit on 21 Aprile 2003, mergin twa umwhile ceeties, Tokuyama an Shinnan'yō an twa touns, Kano an Kumage.

Its name is derivit frae the first character (周) o the name o the umwhile Suō Province (周防国), an the character for sooth (南), reflectin its location, comprisin hintle o the soothren pairt o the auld province.

The ceety is bordered in the wast bi the ceeties o Yamaguchi an Hōfu, in the east bi Iwakuni, in the sootheast bi Hikari an Kudamatsu, an in the north bi Yoshika, Shimane Prefecture. Tae the sooth is the Inland Sea.

History

• 21 Aprile 2003: Shūnan is foondit bi the merger o Tokuyama, Shinnan'yō, Kano, an Kumage
• 25 Mey 2003: Kazuto Kawamura becomes first mayor
• 22 Aprile 2007: Yukio Shimazu defeats Ken'ichirō Kimura tae become ceety's seicont mayor

Sister ceeties

• Delfzijl, Netherlands (1990, Shinnan'yō)
• Townsville, Australie (1990, Tokuyama)
• São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil (1973, Tokuyama)

See an aw

• Shunan English School (SES): English schuil locatit at Shûnan.

Economy an Industry

Fuid processin company o Shimaya, heidquarter base on Shunan. An aw, petroleum company o Idemitsu Kosan, chemical company o Tosoh and Tokuyama, iron product company o Nisshin Steel, which plant base on Shunan.

Freemit airtins

• Shunan offeecial wabsteid in Japanese
• Kaiten Memorial Museum Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
• SES offeecial wabsteid