Nagasaki Prefecture facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nagasaki Prefecture |
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| Capital | Nagasaki | ||||||||
| Region | Kyushu (Saikaidō) | ||||||||
| Island | Kyūshū | ||||||||
| Governor | Hodo Nakamura (since March 2010) | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 4,104.48 km² (37th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 8.5% | ||||||||
| Population (2009) | |||||||||
| - Population | 1,440,727 (26th) | ||||||||
| - Density | 351 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 4 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 21 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-42 | ||||||||
| Website | www.pref.nagasaki.jp/en/ | ||||||||
| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Unzentsutsuji (Rhododendron serpyllifolium) | ||||||||
| - Tree | Sawara (Chamaecyparis pisifera) | ||||||||
| - Bird | Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) | ||||||||
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 Symbol of Nagasaki Prefecture |
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Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture in Japan on the island of Kyūshū. The capital city is Nagasaki.
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History
Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging the western half of the old provinces of Hizen Province with the islands of Tsushima Province and Iki Province.
Geography
Nagasaki is on the western coast of the island of Kyūshū. The southwest coastline faces the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Saga Prefecture is on its eastern border.
The prefecture has 505 islands with no people living on them.
Cities
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.
Shrines and Temples
Chiriku Hachiman-gū, Amanotanagoa jinja and Kaijin jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
Related pages
Images for kids
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Kuichi Uchida's image of Nagasaki in 1872
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Nagasaki Prefect Office, Meiji Period
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Night view of Nagasaki City
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Sasebo
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Shimabara
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Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in Isahaya.
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View of Osezaki Lighthouse on Fukue Island
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Grave of William Adams in Hirado
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Shimabara Castle
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Sōfuku-ji Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki
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Kujūku Islands in Sasebo
See also
In Spanish: Prefectura de Nagasaki para niños
