Shunan

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 
 SES offeecial wabsteid 

Category:Ceeties in Yamaguchi Prefectur
Category:Port dounsets in Japan
Category:Populatit coastal places in Japan