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12-735: Chonan may refer to: Chōnan, Chiba , a town in Japan Cheonan , a city in South Korea Battle of Chonan , a battle in the city during the Korean War ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) , a South Korean corvette sunk in 2010 Chonan Gang, the Korean stage name of Tsuyoshi Kusanagi , Japanese actor/singer Ryo Chonan (born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artist Chonan languages , Patagonia Topics referred to by

24-402: A system, the mayor's administrative staff often prepares the city budget, although that budget must be approved by the council. The mayor may also have veto rights over council votes, with the council able to override such a veto. Conversely, in a weak-mayor system, the mayor has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as council chairperson and is elected by

36-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ch%C5%8Dnan, Chiba Located in the mountainous terrains that divides the Bōsō Peninsula , Chōnan has relatively little flat land. Like other municipalities in the region, the town maintains agricultural reservoirs. Several golf courses dot the landscape. Chōnan is located in the southeastern part of Chiba prefecture, about 25 kilometers from

48-469: The Bōsō Peninsula . The modern town of Chōnan was created on February 11, 1955 from the merger of the former town of Chōnan with neighboring villages of Nishimura, Higashimura and Toyosaka. Chōnan has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 13 members. Together with the other municipalities in Chōsei District, Chōnan contributes one member to

60-539: The Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Chiba 11th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The principal agricultural output of Chōnan is rice , and shiitake mushrooms and lotus root are cultivated in the town. There are also some small-scale dairy farms . Chōnan has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by

72-561: The area came under the control of the military leader Taira no Tadatsune , and his descendants continued their control of the area in the Kamakura period . In the 1456 the Takeda clan built Chōnan Castle as an extension of the larger Mariyatsu Castle . After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate Chōnan became a major distribution center of goods, most notably salt, passing through

84-469: The council from among themselves A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body. It is one of the two most common forms of local government in the United States , and is the form most frequently adopted in large cities, although

96-543: The other common form, council–manager government , is the local government form of more municipalities. The form may be categorized into two main variations depending on the relative power of the mayor compared to the council, the strong-mayor variant and the weak-mayor variant. In a typical strong-mayor system, the elected mayor is granted almost total administrative authority with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads, although some city charters or prevailing state law may require council ratification. In such

108-560: The population of Chōnan has declined over the past 70 years. Chōnan is rich in archeological sites from the Jōmon period , Yayoi period , and Kofun period periods. Under the ritsuryō reforms of the Nara period the area of present-day Chōnan became part of Kazusa Province . Two Tendai Buddhist temples were established in this period, Kasamori-ji and Chōfuku-ji . At the end of the Heian period

120-683: The prefectural capital at Chiba , and 50 to 60 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. Chiba Prefecture Chōnan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Chōnan is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1684 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C. Per Japanese census data,

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144-458: The town government. The town does not have a public high school. Chōnan does not have any passenger railway service. Mayor-council Executive mayor elected by the people, elected legislative City council Council - Manager Executive leader elected by the council from among themselves Elected mayor and cabinet Executive mayor elected by the people Committee system Executive leader and executive committees elected by

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