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    Nagasaki Prefecture is located on the Japanese island of Kyushu. It has a population of over 1.3 million people and borders Saga Prefecture. Nagasaki is the capital and largest city, and the prefecture also includes cities like Sasebo and Shimabara. Nagasaki Prefecture has a long history of trade with Europeans dating back to the 16th century. It remains a major port and industrial area, and was the target of an atomic bombing in 1945 near the end of World War II.

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    Nagasaki Prefecture is located on the Japanese island of Kyushu. It has a population of over 1.3 million people and borders Saga Prefecture. Nagasaki is the capital and largest city, and the prefecture also includes cities like Sasebo and Shimabara. Nagasaki Prefecture has a long history of trade with Europeans dating back to the 16th century. It remains a major port and industrial area, and was the target of an atomic bombing in 1945 near the end of World War II.

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    Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island

    of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic
    area of 4,130 km² (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the northeast.
    Nagasaki is the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, with other major cities
    including Sasebo, Isahaya, and Ōmura. Nagasaki Prefecture is located in western Kyūshū with a
    territory consisting of many mainland peninsulas centered around Ōmura Bay, as well as islands
    and archipelagos including Tsushima and Iki in the Korea Strait and the Gotō Islands in the East
    China Sea. Nagasaki Prefecture is known for its century-long trading history with the Europeans and
    as the sole place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world during
    the Sakoku period. Nagasaki Prefecture is home to several of the Hidden Christian Sites in the
    Nagasaki Region which have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Contents

     1History
     2Geography
    o 2.1Cities
    o 2.2Districts
    o 2.3Mergers
     3Culture
    o 3.1Religion
    o 3.2Sports
     4Tourism
     5Transportation
    o 5.1Rail
    o 5.2Tram
    o 5.3Roads
     5.3.1Expressways and toll roads
     5.3.2National highways
    o 5.4Ports
    o 5.5Airports
     6Politics
     7Notes
     8References
     9External links

    History[edit]
    See also: Historic Sites of Nagasaki Prefecture
    Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging of the western half of the former province of Hizen with
    the island provinces of Tsushima and Iki.[1] Facing China and Korea, the region around Hirado was a
    traditional center for traders and pirates.
    Kuichi Uchida's image of Nagasaki in 1872
    During the 16th century, Catholic missionaries and traders from Portugal arrived and became active
    in Hirado and Nagasaki, which became a major center for foreign trade. After being given free rein
    in Oda Nobunaga's period, the missionaries were forced out little by little, until finally, in
    the Tokugawa era, Christianity was banned under the Sakoku national isolation policy: Japanese
    foreign trade was restricted to Chinese and Dutch traders based at Dejima in Nagasaki.
    However, Kirishitan (Japanese Christian) worship continued underground. These Kakure
    Kirishitan (hidden Christians) were tried at every step, forced to step on fumi-e ("trample pictures",
    images of the Virgin Mary and saints) to prove that they were non-Christian. With the banishment of
    all Catholic missionaries, traders from Catholic countries were also forced out of the country. Along
    with them, their children, half Japanese and half European, were forced to leave. The majority was
    sent to Jagatara (Jakarta) and are still remembered by the locals as the people who wrote the
    poignant letters which were smuggled across the sea to their homeland.
    Today, Nagasaki has prominent Catholic churches, and the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki
    Region, have been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    Nagasaki Prefect Office, Meiji Period


    During the Meiji Restoration, Nagasaki and Sasebo became major ports for foreign trade, and
    eventually major military bases and shipbuilding centers for the Imperial Japanese Navy and
    the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries up to World War II. On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped
    an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, which destroyed all buildings in a 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) radius from
    the point of impact and extensively damaged other parts of the city. Roughly 39,000 people were
    killed, including 27,778 Japanese munitions workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150
    Japanese soldiers. About 68-80% of the industrial production was destroyed to the point it would not
    recover for months or at least a year.
    Nagasaki Prefecture contains many areas prone to heavy rain and landslide damage. In July 1957,
    mainly in the Isahaya area, damage from heavy rains, flooding and landslides lead to a death toll of
    586, with 136 people missing and 3,860 injured. In July 1982, typhoon damage in the Nagasaki area
    lead to 299 fatalities, according to a report by the Japanese government.[citation needed]

    Geography[edit]
    Nagasaki borders Saga Prefecture on the east, and is otherwise surrounded by water,
    including Ariake Bay, the Tsushima Straits (far from Busan and South Gyeongsang Province, South
    Korea), and the East China Sea. It also includes a large number of islands such
    as Tsushima, Iki and Goto. Most of the prefecture is near the coast and there are a number of ports
    such as Nagasaki and a United States Navy base at Sasebo.
    As of 1 April 2014, 18% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks,
    namely the Saikai and Unzen-Amakusa National Parks; Genkai and Iki-Tsushima Quasi-National
    Parks; and Hokushō, Nishi Sonogi Hantō, Nomo Hantō, Ōmurawan, Shimabara Hantō,
    and Taradake Prefectural Natural Parks.[2]

    Cities[edit]
    See also: List of cities in Nagasaki Prefecture by population

    Map of Nagasaki Prefecture


         City      Town

    Night view of Nagasaki City


    Sasebo

    Shimabara
    Thirteen cities are located in Nagasaki Prefecture:

     Gotō
     Hirado
     Iki
     Isahaya
     Matsuura
     Minamishimabara
     Nagasaki (capital)
     Ōmura
     Saikai
     Sasebo
     Shimabara
     Tsushima
     Unzen
    Districts[edit]
    These are the towns and villages of each district:

     Higashisonogi District
    o Hasami
    o Higashisonogi
    o Kawatana
     Kitamatsuura District
    o Ojika
    o Saza
     Minamimatsuura District
    o Shinkamigotō
     Nishisonogi District
    o Nagayo
    o Togitsu
    Mergers[edit]
    Main article: List of mergers in Nagasaki Prefecture
    The following municipalities have been dissolved since the year 2000.

     Kitamatsuura District:
    o Emukae, Fukushima, Ikitsuki, Kosaza, Ōshima, Sechibaru, Shikamachi, Tabira, Taka
    shima, Uku, Yoshii
     Minamimatsuura District:
    o Arikawa, Kamigotō, Kishiku, Miiraku, Narao, Naru, Shin'uonome, Tamanoura, Tomie, 
    Wakamatsu
     Nishisonogi District:
    o Iōjima, Kinkai, Kōyagi, Nomozaki, Ōseto, Ōshima, Saikai, Sakito, Sanwa, Seihi, Soto
    me, Takashima, Tarami
     Kitatakaki District:
    o Iimori, Konagai, Moriyama, Takaki
     Minamitakaki District:
    o Aino, Ariake, Arie, Azuma, Chidiwa, Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kitaarima, Kuchinotsu, K
    unimi, Minamiarima, Minamikushiyama, Mizuho, Nishiarie, Obama
     Kamiagata District:
    o Kamiagata, Kamitsushima, Mine
     Shimoagata District:
    o Izuhara, Mitsushima, Toyotama
     Iki District:
    o Ashibe, Gonoura, Ishida, Katsumoto

    Culture[edit]
    Religion[edit]
    Nagasaki is the most Christianized area in Japan with Roman Catholic missions having been
    established there as early as the 16th century. Shusaku Endo's novel Silence draws from the oral
    history of the local Christian (Kirishitan) communities, both Kakure Kirishitan and Hanare Kirishitan.
    As of 2002, there are 68,617 Catholics in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the
    population of the prefecture.

    Sports[edit]
    Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in Isahaya.
    The city has one football team, V-Varen Nagasaki, which plays in the J2 League.
    The Nagasaki Saints of the former Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League made Nagasaki Prefecture their
    home prior to their dissolving.

    Tourism[edit]

    View of Osezaki Lighthouse on Fukue Island


    Grave of William Adams in Hirado

    Shimabara Castle
    Sōfuku-ji Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki

    Kujūku Islands in Sasebo

     Nagasaki (capital city)


    o Ōura Church
    o Urakami Cathedral
    o Confucius Shrine, Nagasaki
    o Glover Garden
    o Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
    o Mount Inasa
    o Kōfuku-ji
    o Sōfuku-ji
    o Suwa Shrine
     Hirado
    o Hirado Castle
    o Sakikata Park
     Sasebo
    o Kujū-ku Islands
    o Huis Ten Bosch (theme park)
    o Tenkaihō
     Saikai
    o Nagasaki Bio Park
     Shimabara Peninsula
    o Mount Unzen
    o Shimabara Castle

    Transportation

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