Nagasaki

Nagasaki
Nagasaki
	Nagasaki in kanji
Japanese name
Kanji	長崎
Hiragana	ながさき
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Nagasaki

Nagasaki

長崎市
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
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): ; City of Peace; Naples of the Orient
	Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in dark pink
	Nagasaki Nagasaki Nagasaki (Japan) Nagasaki Nagasaki (Asia) Nagasaki Nagasaki (Earth)
	Coordinates: 32°44′41″N 129°52′25″E / 32.74472°N 129.87361°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Nagasaki Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Shirō Suzuki (from April 26, 2023)
Area
• Total	405.86 km2 (156.70 sq mi)
• Land	240.71 km2 (92.94 sq mi)
• Water	165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi)
Population (February 1, 2024)
• Total	392,281
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.city.nagasaki.lg.jp

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^[update], 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]

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.

[population-202006-1] "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.

[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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