Chiba, Chiba
Chiba 千葉 | |
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| 千葉市 · Chiba Ceety | |
 Coastal industrial aurie, Chiba Fowk Museum Makuhari Messe, Chiba Port Tower Chiba Marine Stadium Skyscrapers o Makuhari on the coast. | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Chiba in Chiba | |
| Coordinates: 35°36′N 140°6′E / 35.600°N 140.100°ECoordinates: 35°36′N 140°6′E / 35.600°N 140.100°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefectur | Chiba |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Toshihito Kumagai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 272.08 km2 (105.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 962,624 |
| • Density | 3,540/km2 (9,200/sq mi) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Keyaki |
| • Flouer | Nelumbo nucifera |
| Time zone | UTC 9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| City Hall Address | 1-1 Chiba-minato, Chūō-ku, Chiba 260-8722 |
| Website | www |
Chiba (千葉市 Chiba-shi) is the caipital ceety o Chiba Prefectur, Japan. It is locatit approximately 40 kilometre (25 mi) sootheast o the centre o Tokyo on Tokyo Bay.[1] Chiba Ceety became a govrenment designatit ceety in 1992. As o 2008, its population is approximately 960,000.
Sister ceeties
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North Vancouver, Breetish Columbie, Canadae syne 1 Januar 1970
Asunción, Paraguay syne 1 Januar 1970
Houston, Texas, Unitit States syne 24 October 1972
Quezon Ceety, Philippines syne 9 November 1972
Tianjin, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae syne 7 Mey 1986
Montreux, Swisserland syne 28 Mey 1996- Wujiang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae syne 10 October 1996
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Chiba-shi (千葉市)". Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2012.(in Japanese)
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