Chiba (city)

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Chiba 千葉市
Designated city
Top: Coastal industrial area, Chiba Folk Museum Middle: Makuhari Messe, Chiba Port Tower, Chiba Marine Stadium Bottom: Skyscrapers of Makuhari on the coast.
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Location of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture
Chiba
Coordinates: 35°36′26.2″N 140°06′22.9″E / 35.607278°N 140.106361°E / 35.607278; 140.106361
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Chiba Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Shunichi Kamiya
Area
• Total	271.76 km2 (104.93 sq mi)
Population  (February 1, 2016)
• Total	972,861
• Density	3,580/km2 (9,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
-Tree	Zelkova serrata
– Flower	Nelumbo nucifera
– Bird	Little tern
Phone number	043-245-5111
Address	1-1 Chiba-minato, Chūō-ku, Chiba-shi 260-8722
Website	https://www.city.chiba.jp/

Chiba
"Chiba" in kanji
Japanese name
Kanji	千葉
Hiragana	ちば
Katakana	チバ
Transcriptions Romanization Chiba

Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is a Japanese city in Chiba Prefecture on the island of Honshu.^[1] It is the capital city of the prefecture.^[2] It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the center of Tokyo near the Tokyo Bay.^[3]

It has been recognized as a city designated by government ordinance since 1992.^[4]

Chiba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). It is very hot i summer, and cool until mild winter. There is a lot of precipitation throughout the year, but there is less precipitation in winter.

As of February 2016, Chiba had an estimated 972,861 people living there. It had a population density of 3,580 persons per km². The total area of Chiba is 271.76 km² (104.93 sq mi). There were 19,135 registered foreign residents in Chiba as of March 31, 2007. Foreigners are about 2% of the total number of people. It has the 14th most amount of people in Japan.

There is no commercial airport in Chiba. Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) are the closest major airports.

• Higashi-Kantō Expressway to Tokyo, Narita and Kashima
• Tateyama Expressway to Kisarazu
• Keiyō Road
• Chiba-Tōgane Road (Japan National Route 126
• Japan National Route 14
• Japan National Route 16
• Japan National Route 51
• Japan National Route 128
• Japan National Route 357

• Chiba University
• Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
• Kanda University of International Studies
• Tokyo Dental College
• Shukutoku University
• Keiai University
• Chiba Keizai University
• Tokyo University of Information Sciences
• The Open University of Japan
• Uekusa University
• Teikyo Heisei University (Chiba campus)
• Chiba Meitoku College
• Japan Christian Junior College

Chiba has 20 public high schools. They are controlled by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. Two public high schools are controlled by the Chiba City Board of Education. This includes Inage Senior High School. There are also nine private high schools. They include the Makuhari Junior and Senior High School.

Chiba has 114 public elementary schools. It also has one private elementary school. There are 59 public middle schools. It also has one private middle school.

• Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School

• Chiba Kaihin Hospital (Mihama-ku)
• Chiba University Hospital (Chuo-ku)
• Kashiwado Hospital (Chuo-ku)
• Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital (Mihama-ku)
• Koizumi Clinic (Hanamigawa-ku)
• Mizuno Clinic (Hanamigawa-ku)
• Hirayama Hospital (Hanamigawa-ku)

Chiba is twinned with:

• North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,^[5] since January 1, 1970
• Asunción, Paraguay,^[5] since January 1, 1970
• Houston, Texas, United States, since October 24, 1972^[6]
• Quezon City, Philippines,^[5] since November 9, 1972^[7]
• Tianjin, China,^[5] since May 7, 1986
• Montreux, Switzerland,^[5] since May 28, 1996
• Wujiang, China,^[5] since October 10, 1996