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Chiba

city in Chiba prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Chiba is a city designated by government ordinance[1]. Chiba draws 6,434 Wikipedia views per month (city designated by government ordinance category, ranking #11 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chiba Prefecture[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Tokyo Bay[5], Port of Chiba[6], Kashima River[7], Hanami River[8], Katsuta River[9]
  • Head of government: Shun’ichi Kamiya[10]
  • Continent: Asia[11]
  • Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[12], city of Japan[13], big city[14], city[15], satellite city[16], city for international conferences and tourism[17]
  • Capital: Chūō-ku[18]
  • Shares border with: Sakura[19], Yotsukaidō-shi[20], Narashino[21], Yachiyo[22], Yachimata[23], Tōgane-shi[24], Oamishirasato[25], Ichihara[26], Mobara[27]
  • Anthem: 千葉市歌[28]
  • Named after: Chiba clan[29]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Chūō-ku[30], Hanamigawa-ku[31], Inage-ku[32], Wakaba-ku[33], Midori-ku[34], Mihama-ku[35]
  • Twinned administrative body: Wujiang District[36], Montreux[37], Asunción[38], Houston[39], North Vancouver[40], Tianjin[41], Quezon City[42], Suzhou[43]
  • Legislative body: Chiba City Assembly[44]
  • Postal code: 260-8722[45]
  • Part of: Chiba metropolitan area[46]
  • Commons category: Chiba, Chiba[47]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[48]
  • Local dialing code: 43[49]
  • Inception: April 1, 1889[50], January 1, 1921[51]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Kantō Plain[52], Bōsō Peninsula[53]
  • Pseudonym: 花の都[54]
  • Mascot: Chihana-chan[55]
  • Official website: https://www.city.chiba.jp/[56], http://www.city.chiba.jp/opendata/index.php[57], https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/portal-en.html[58], https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/portal-cn.html[59], https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/portal-ko.html[60], https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/portal-sp.html[61], https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/shichokoshitsu/kokusai/portal-vi.html[62]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chiba (city)[63]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Chiba include Chiba Port Tower[64], an observation tower[65], in Japan[66], founded in 1986[67].

Why It Matters

Chiba has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Chiba is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Entities named for Chiba include Chiba Port Tower[64], an observation tower[65], in Japan[66], founded in 1986[67].

Related Entities

Akira Narahashi Chiba Bank Chiba Institute of Technology Chiba Keizai University Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences city Japan Kanda University of International Studies Keiai University Kentaro Miura Koki Yonekura M2 Masae Suzuki Masashi Watanabe Naotake Hanyu National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Open University of Japan Satoru Yamagishi Sessue Hayakawa Shinji Murai Shukutoku University Tadahiro Akiba Tatsuya Masushima Tianjin Tokyo Dental College Tokyo University of Information Sciences Uekusa University Yuika Sugasawa

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) → 0017547
    Worldcat entities id → —
    Locator map image → Chiba in Chiba Prefecture Ja.svg, Map Chiba ja.png, JP Chiba City Location.png
    Owner of → ZOZO Marine Stadium, Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba Port Tower
    + 253 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ Official website: http://www.city.chiba.jp/opendata/index.php, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×1). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/B"
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