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Nagasaki

This article is about the city in Japan. For the prefecture with the same name where this city is located, see Nagasaki Prefecture. For other uses, see Nagasaki (disambiguation).

Nagasaki
長崎市
Prefecture capital and core city
Nagasaki City
From top to bottom, left to right: Ōura Cathedral, Nakashima River, Glover Garden, Nagasaki Kunchi, Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, Nagasaki Peace Park
From top to bottom, left to right: Ōura Cathedral, Nakashima River, Glover Garden, Nagasaki Kunchi, Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, Nagasaki Peace Park
Flag of Nagasaki
Flag
Official seal of Nagasaki
Seal
Nickname(s): 

City of Peace
Naples of the Orient
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in dark pink
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in dark pink
Nagasaki is located in Kyushu
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Nagasaki
 
Nagasaki is located in Japan
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
Nagasaki (Japan)
Nagasaki is located in Asia
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Nagasaki
Nagasaki (Asia)
Nagasaki is located in Earth
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
Nagasaki (Earth)
Coordinates: 32°44′41″N 129°52′25″E / 32.74472°N 129.87361°E / 32.74472; 129.87361
Country Japan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureNagasaki Prefecture
Government
 • MayorShirō Suzuki (from April 26, 2023)
Area
 • Total405.86 km2 (156.70 sq mi)
 • Land240.71 km2 (92.94 sq mi)
 • Water165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi)
Population
 (February 1, 2024)
 • Total392,281[1]
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
– TreeChinese tallow tree
– FlowerHydrangea
Phone number095-825-5151
Address2–22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken
850-8685
Websitewww.city.nagasaki.lg.jp
Nagasaki
Nagasaki in kanji
Japanese name
Kanji長崎
Hiraganaながさき
Transcriptions
RomanizationNagasaki

Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎, Hepburn: Nagasaki) (IPA: [naɡaꜜsaki] ; lit. "Long Cape"), officially known as Nagasaki City (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

Founded by the Portuguese,[2] the port of Nagasaki became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. The city was rebuilt.[3]

As of February 1, 2024, Nagasaki has an estimated population of 392,281[1] and a population density of 966 people per km2. The total area is 405.86 km2 (156.70 sq mi).[4]

  1. ^ a b "今月のうごき（推計人口など最新の主要統計）". Nagasaki city office. June 1, 2020. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Pacheco, Diego (1970). "The Founding of the Port of Nagasaki and its Cession to the Society of Jesus". Monumenta Nipponica. 25 (3/4): 303–323. doi:10.2307/2383539. ISSN 0027-0741. JSTOR 2383539.
  3. ^ Hakim, Joy (January 5, 1995). A History of US: Book 9: War, Peace, and All that Jazz. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195095142.
  4. ^ "令和２年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調 - 長崎県" (PDF). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. January 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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