🇯🇵 San'yō-Onoda (山陽小野田市, San'yō-Onoda-shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The total area of the city is 133.09 square km (51.39 sq mi).
Geography San'yō-Onoda is located in the south-western part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is long in the north-south direction and has a fan shape that opens to the Seto Inland Sea. The Asa River flows from the north to the central area, and the Ariho River flows from the north-east to the east, flowing south into the Seto Inland Sea. The city hall is located on the west bank of the Ariho River mouth.
Neighbouring municipalities Yamaguchi Prefecture • Ube • Shimonoseki • Mine.
History The area of San'yō-Onoda was part of an ancient Nagato Province. During the Edo Period, the area was part of the holdings of Chōshū Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the villages of Asai, Sue, and Takachiho were established within Asa District, Yamaguchi with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Asai became the town of Asa on October 1, 1918 and Sue was elevated to town status on April 3, 1920 and renamed Onoda. Takachiho was elevated to town status on April 1, 1938 and merged with Onoda on November 3, 1940 to become the city of Onoda. Asa merged with the town of Habu to form the town of San'yō on September 30, 1956. Onoda and San'yo merged to form the city of San'yō-Onoda on March 22, 2005.
Government San'yō-Onoda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. San'yō-Onoda contributes three members to the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Yamaguchi 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy San'yō-Onoda is an industrial city centered on the chemical industry based on cement and oil refining. Along with neighboring Ube, it is part of the Setouchi industrial area.
Education
San'yō-Onoda has 13 public elementary school and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private high school. The city operated San'yō-Onoda City University (formerly the Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi) is located in San'yō-Onoda
Transport: Rail JR West (JR West) - San'yō Shinkansen • Asa; JR West (JR West) - San'yō Main Line • Onoda - Asa - Habu; JR West (JR West) - Onoda Line (Main line) • Suzumeda - Onodakō - Minami-Onoda - Minami-Nakagawa - Mede - Onoda; JR West (JR West) - Onoda Line (Motoyama branch line) • Suzumeda - Hamagōchi - Nagato-Motoyama; JR West (JR West) - Mine Line • Asa - Yunotō.
Transport: Road • San'yō Expressway • Chugoku Expressway • National Route 2 • National Route 190 • National Route 316.
Sanyō-Onoda has a population of over 59,867 people. Sanyō-Onoda also forms part of the wider Yamaguchi Prefecture which has a population of over 1,377,631 people. For the location of Sanyō-Onoda see: San'yō-Onoda.
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🇨🇳 Shuangyashan 131.152
🇯🇵 Miyakonojō 131.079
🇯🇵 Shimonoseki 130.933
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 130.875
Locations Near: Sanyō-Onoda 131.167,34
🇯🇵 Shimonoseki 130.933,33.95 d: 22.3
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 130.875,33.883 d: 29.9
🇯🇵 Yamaguchi 131.467,34.183 d: 34.3
Antipodal to: Sanyō-Onoda -48.833,-34
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19640.8
🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19603.8
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19533.7
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19522.6
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19519.5
🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19517.3
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19519
🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19509.7
🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19503.8
🇧🇷 São Leopoldo -51.149,-29.772 d: 19496.6