Nagasaki

Nagasaki Nagasaki thị
Core city
Nagasaki City
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): City of Peace Naplesof theOrient
Map ofNagasaki Prefecturewith Nagasaki highlighted in pink
Nagasaki
Coordinates:32°47′N129°52′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.city.nagasaki.lg.jp

Nagasaki
Nagasakiinkanji
Japanese name
Kanji	Nagasaki
Hiragana	ながさき
Katakana	ナガサキ
Transcriptions Romanization Nagasaki

Nagasaki waterfront on the harbor

Nagasaki(Nagasaki thị,Nagasaki-shi)is thecapital cityofNagasaki Prefecturein Japan.

Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.

It has beenrecognizedas acore citysince 1997.

History

Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki

Nagasaki was founded by thePortuguesein the late 16th century. During theEdo period,Nagasaki was the only port in which trade with other countries was permittedbecause of the national isolation policy (sakoku).

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 anatomic bombnear the end of theSecond World War.

Related pages

• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Hashima

Other websites

• Nagasaki official website(in English);Nagasaki thị(in Japanese)
• VISIT NAGASAKI Official Tourism Website for Nagasaki CityArchived2016-12-31 at theWayback Machine(in English)
• Geographic data related toNagasakiatOpenStreetMap