Nagasaki Prefecture
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| 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) | ||||||||
| - Fish | |||||||||
 Symbol of Nagasaki Prefecture | |||||||||
| Template ■ Discussion | |||||||||
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.[3]
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.[4]
Cities
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.[5]
Shrines and Temples
Chiriku Hachiman-gū,[6] Amanotanagoa jinja and Kaijin jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.[7]
Nagasaki Prefecture Media
Kuichi Uchida's image of Nagasaki in 1872
Nagasaki Prefect Office, Meiji Period
Map of Nagasaki Prefecture City Town
Night view of Nagasaki City
Nishi-Kyushu Exp Sasebo Chuo IC 2011
A view from Shimabara Castle in Shimabara, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.
Flag of Goto, Nagasaki
Location of Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture
Flag of Hirado, Nagasaki
Location of Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Nagasaki prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 683; Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Nagasaki Prefecture, Regional Information; retrieved 2012-4-6.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Nagasaki" at p. 683.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Frater, Jamie. (2009). The Ultimate Book of Top Ten Lists: A Mind-Boggling Collection of Fun, p. 697.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
- ↑ "Hachiman Shinkō," Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-2-3.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-3.
Other websites
Media related to Nagasaki prefecture at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/en/ Archived 2006-12-10 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 32°58′N 129°48′E / 32.967°N 129.800°E