Nagasaki
core city in Kyushu, Japan
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Summary
Nagasaki is a core city of Japan[1]. Nagasaki ranks in the top 2% of core city of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,006 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nagasaki Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Nagasaki Bay[5], Tachibana Bay[6], Urakami River[7]
- Head of government: Shirō Suzuki[8]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[9], big city[10], port city[11], city for international conferences and tourism[12], city of Japan[13]
- Shares border with: Isahaya[14], Saikai[15], Togitsu[16], Nagayo[17]
- Anthem: Nagasaki shika[18]
- Headquarters location: 長崎市役所[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Hiroshima[20], Saint Paul[21], Santos[22], Porto[23], Middelburg[24], Fuzhou[25], Vaux-sur-Aure[26], San Isidro[27]
- Legislative body: 長崎市議会[28]
- Postal code: 850-0002–852-8154[29]
- Commons category: Nagasaki[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[31]
- Local dialing code: 95[32]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[33]
- Located in/on physical feature: Nomo Peninsula[34], Nishisonogi Peninsula[35]
- Significant event: atomic bombing of Nagasaki[36]
- Official website: https://www.city.nagasaki.lg.jp/[37]
- Foods traditionally associated: champon[38], sara udon[39], castella[40], Shippoku[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nagasaki[42]
- Commons gallery: 長崎市[43]
- Population: 404,656[44], 429,508[45], 443,766[46], 434,065[47]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Nagasaki[48]
- Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online[49], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[50], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[52], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[54], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[55], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[56], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nagasaki include Nagasaki incident[58], a riot[59], in Empire of Japan[60] and Nagasaki Airport[61], an artificial island airport[62], in Japan[63], founded in 1975[64].
Why It Matters
Nagasaki has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Nagasaki is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Nagasaki include Nagasaki incident[58], a riot[59], in Empire of Japan[60] and Nagasaki Airport[61], an artificial island airport[62], in Japan[63], founded in 1975[64].