What is Chiba (city)?
{{redlinks|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = {{raise|0.2em|Chiba}} | native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|ja|千葉市}}}}}} | official_name = | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = [[Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan|Designated city]] <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Chiba montage.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Top: Coastal industrial area, Chiba Folk Museum<br/>Middle: [[Makuhari Messe]], [[Chiba Port Tower]], [[Chiba Marine Stadium]]<br/>Bottom: Skyscrapers of Makuhari on the coast. | image_flag = Flag of Chiba, Chiba.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = Emblem of Chiba, Chiba.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto = <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=9}} | image_map1 = Chiba in Chiba Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Location of Chiba in [[Chiba Prefecture]] | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = &nbsp; | coordinates = {{coord|35|36|26.2|N|140|06|22.9|E|region:JP-12|display=it}} | coor_pinpoint = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) --> | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kantō region|Kantō]] | subdivision_type2 =