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Shimonoseki
city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Details
- Instance of
- core city of Japan, big city, port city
- Inception
- 1 April 1889
- Located in
- Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Population
- 252844, 271072, 268517, 280947
- Area
- 716.17
- associated electoral district
- Yamaguchi 4th district, Yamaguchi 3rd district
- category for people born here
- Q8072846
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shimonoseki
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The American Cyclopædia
- foods traditionally associated
- fugu
- highest point
- Mount Gesan
- language used
- Yamaguchi dialect
- legal form
- ordinary local public entity
- legislative body
- Shimonoseki City Council
- local dialing code
- 0832
- located in or next to body of water
- Kanmon Straits, Suō Sea, Hibiki Sea, Koya River
- located in time zone
- UTC+09:00
- name in kana
- しものせきし
- native label
- 下関市
- nickname
- 西の浪華
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2331721
- office held by head of government
- mayor of Shimonoseki
- official name
- 下関市, 赤間関市
- official symbol
- Crinum asiaticum, Cinnamomum camphora, Rhododendron, cherry blossom, fugu, Lampyridae, whale, penguin
- postal code
- 750-8521
- pseudonym
- 赤間関, 赤馬関, 馬関
- replaces
- Ikuno, Hikoshima, Chōfu, Yasuoka, Kawanaka, Ozuki, Kiyosue, Ōji, Katsuyama, Yoshimi, Toyonishi, Ōki
- shares border with
- Nagato, Mine, Sanʼyō-Onoda, Kitakyūshū
- time of earliest written record
- 869
- topic's main category
- Category:Shimonoseki
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