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Nagasaki prefecture

Nagasaki prefecture (長崎県; Nagasaki-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nagasaki.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Towns and Villages 2.3 Subprefecture 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links

History

Nagasaki Prefecture has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries. During the 16th century, Catholic missionaries and traders from Portugal arrived and became active in Hirado and Nagasaki. After the prohibition of Christianity in the Edo period, foreign trade was restricted to Chinese and Dutch traders in Nagasaki, but Christianity continued underground. Today, Nagasaki has a prominent Chinatown and Catholic churches.

Geography

Cities

• Fukue
• Hirado
• Iki
• Isahaya
• Matsuura
• Nagasaki (capital)
• Omura
• Sasebo

• Shimabara
• Tsushima

Nagoya was located in the prefecture before.

Towns and Villages

• Higashi-sonogi District
  • Hasami
  • Higashi-sonogi
  • Kawatana
• Iki District (dissolved in 2004)
  • Ashibe (present Iki City)
  • Gounoura (present Iki City)
  • Ishida (present Iki City)
  • Katsumoto (present Iki City)
• Kami-agata District (dissolved in 2004)
  • Kami-agata (present Tsushima City)
  • Kami-tsushima (present Tsushima City)
  • Mine (present Tsushima City)
• Kita-matsuura District
  • Emukae
  • Fukushima
  • Ikitsuki
  • Kosaza
  • Odika
  • Ooshima
  • Saza
  • Sechibaru
  • Shikamachi
  • Tabira
  • Takashima
  • Uku
  • Yoshii
• Kita-takaki District
  • Iimori
  • Konagai
  • Moriyama
  • Takaki
• Minami-matsuura District
  • Arikawa
  • Kamigotou
  • Kishiku
  • Miiraku
  • Narao
  • Naru
  • Shin-uonome
  • Tamanoura
  • Tomie
  • Wakamatsu
• Minami-takaki District
  • Aduma
  • Aino
  • Ariake
  • Arie
  • Chidiwa
  • Fukae
  • Futsu
  • Kadusa
  • Kita-arima
  • Kuchinotsu
  • Kunimi
  • Minamiarima
  • Minamikushiyama
  • Mizuho
  • Nishiarie
  • Obama
• Nishi-sonogi District
  • Ioujima
  • Kinkai
  • Kouyagi
  • Nagayo
  • Nomozaki
  • Ooseto
  • Ooshima
  • Saikai
  • Sakito
  • Sanwa
  • Seihi
  • Sotome
  • Takashima
  • Tarami
  • Togitsu
• Shimo-agata District (dissolved in 2004)
  • Idzuhara (united to Tsushima City in 2004)
  • Mitsushima (united to Tsushima City in 2004)
  • Toyotama (united to Tsushima City in 2004)

Subprefecture

• Tsushima

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Nagasaki prefecture homepage

Prefectures of Japan

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