Nagasaki
core city in Kyushu, Japan
Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi) is the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.[1]
Nagasaki
長崎市 | |
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| Nagasaki City | |
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 Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in pink | |
  Nagasaki | |
| Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Prefecture | Nagasaki Prefecture |
| District | n/a |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Shirō Suzuki (2023-) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 406.35 km2 (156.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 241.20 km2 (93.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi) |
| Population (March 1, 2017) | |
| • Total | 425,723 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Chinese tallow tree |
| - Flower | Hydrangea |
| Phone number | 095-825-5151 |
| Address | 2-22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken 850-8685 |
| Website | www |
| Nagasaki | |||||
.svg) Nagasaki in kanji | |||||
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| Kanji | 長崎 | ||||
| Hiragana | ながさき | ||||
| Katakana | ナガサキ | ||||
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Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.
It has been recognized as a core city since 1997.[2]
History
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Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century. During the Edo period, Nagasaki was the only port in which trade with other countries was permitted[1] because of the national isolation policy (sakoku).[3]
In the 1870s, Nagasaki became the capital city of the prefecture which evolved from the former province.
On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the second of two Japanese cities which were destroyed with an atomic bomb near the end of the Second World War.[1]
Related pages
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change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Nagasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 682-683.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Sakoku-rei" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 813.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nagasaki.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Nagasaki
- Nagasaki official website(in English); 長崎市(in Japanese)
- VISIT NAGASAKI Official Tourism Website for Nagasaki City Archived 2016-12-31 at the Wayback Machine(in English)
Geographic data related to Nagasaki at OpenStreetMap
