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Nagasaki

Nagasaki
長崎市
Core city
TowerCity-Nagasaki.jpg Western Style Houses at Higashiyamate Nagasaki Japan05s3.jpg
Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan 2011.jpg Kaminoshima Church January 2012 01.jpg
Nagasaki City view from Hamahira01s3.jpg
Flag of Nagasaki
Flag
Official seal of Nagasaki
Seal
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in pink
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in pink
Nagasaki is located in Japan
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
 
Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°E / 32.783; 129.867Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°E / 32.783; 129.867
Country Japan
Region Kyushu
Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture
District n/a
Government
 • Mayor Tomihisa Taue (2007-)
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 (January 1, 2009)
 • Total 446,007
 • Density 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree Chinese tallow tree
- Flower Hydrangea
Phone number 095-825-5151
Address 2-22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken
850-8685
Website www.city.nagasaki.lg.jp

Nagasaki (長崎市 Nagasaki-shi?, Japanese: [nàgáꜜsàkì]) (About this sound listen ) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became a centre of Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries, and the Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki have been proposed for inscription on 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. Its name means "long cape".

During World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack.


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