Nagasaki
Nagasaki (長崎市 Nagasaki-shi) (
listen (help·info)) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Nagasaki Prefectur on the island o Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki wis foondit bi the Portuguese in the seicont hauf o the 16t century on the steid o a smaa fishin veelage, formerly pairt o Nishisonogi Destrict. It acame a centre o Portuguese an ither European fowks' influence in the 16t throu 19t centuries, an the Kirks an Christian Steids in Nagasaki hae been proposed for inscription on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet. Pairt o Nagasaki wis home tae a major Imperial Japanese Navy base durin the First Sino-Japanese War an Russo-Japanese War. Its name means "long cape".
Nagasaki 長崎 | |
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| 長崎市 · Nagasaki Ceety | |
 Nagasaki's waterfront aurie | |
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 Location of Nagasaki in Nagasaki Prefecture | |
  Nagasaki | |
| Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°ECoordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Prefectur | Nagasaki Prefectur |
| Destrict | N/A |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Tomihisa Taue (2007-) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 406.35 km2 (156.89 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 241.20 km2 (93.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi) |
| Population (Januar 1, 2009) | |
| • Total | 446,007 |
| • Density | 1100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| - Tree | Cheenese tallow tree |
| - Flouer | Hydrangea |
| Phone nummer | 095-825-5151 |
| Address | 2-22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken 850-8685 |
| Website | www1 |
Durin Warld War II, the atomic bombins o Hiroshima an Nagasaki made Nagasaki the seicont an, tae date, last ceety in the warld tae experience a nuclear attack.[1]
Geografie an climate
eeditNagasaki an Nishisonogi Peninsulas are locatit within the ceety leemits. The ceety is surroondit bi the ceeties o Isahaya an Saikai, an the touns o Togitsu an Nagayo in Nishisonogi Destrict.
Nagasaki lies at the heid o a lang bay which forms the best naitural harbor on the island o Kyūshū. The main commercial an residential aurie o the ceety lies on a smaa plain near the end o the bay. Twa rivers dividit bi a muntain spur fairm the twa main valleys in which the ceety lies. The hivily biggit-up aurie o the ceety is confined bi the terrain tae less nor 4 square mile (10 km2).
Nagasaki haes the teepical humid subtropical climate o Kyūshū an Honshū. Apairt frae Kanazawa an Shizuoka it is the wettest sizeable ceety in Japan an indeed aw o temperate Eurasie, an in the simmer the heat an humidity can be very unpleasant, wi wet-bulb temperaturs whiles reachin 26 °C (79 °F). In the winter, houiver, it is drier an sunnier than Gotō tae the wast, an temperaturs are slichtly milder than faur inland in Kyūshū. Syne records began in 1878 the wettest month haes been Julie 1982 wi 1,178 millimetre (46 in) includin 555 millimetre (21.9 in) in a single day, whilst the driest month haes been September 1967 wi 1.8 millimetre (0.07 in).
| Climate data for Nagasaki (1981～2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.6 (99.7) |
36.1 (97.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
37.7 (99.9) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Record law °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.0 (2.52) |
85.7 (3.37) |
132.0 (5.20) |
151.3 (5.96) |
179.3 (7.06) |
314.6 (12.39) |
314.4 (12.38) |
195.4 (7.69) |
188.8 (7.43) |
85.8 (3.38) |
85.6 (3.37) |
60.8 (2.39) |
1,857.7 (73.14) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 2 (0.8) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
4 (1.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) | 11.1 | 9.9 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 124.7 |
| Average snawy days | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 102.8 | 119.7 | 148.5 | 174.7 | 184.4 | 135.3 | 178.7 | 210.7 | 172.8 | 181.4 | 137.9 | 119.1 | 1,866 |
| Source #1: Japan Meteorological Agency[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Japan Meteorological Agency (records)[3] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
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The nearest airport is Nagasaki Airport in the nearby ceety o Ōmura. The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) provides rail transportation on the Nagasaki Main Line, whose terminal is at Nagasaki Station. In addeetion, the Nagasaki Electric Tramway operates five routes in the ceety. The Nagasaki Expressway serves vehicular traffeck wi interchynges at Nagasaki an Susukizuka. In addeetion, sax naitional highways crisscross the ceety: Routes 34, 202, 251, 324, an 499.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns an sister ceeties
eeditThe ceety o Nagasaki maintains sister-ceety or friendship relations wi ither ceeties warldwide.
Within Japan
eeditOotside Japan
eedit
Saunt Paul, Minnesota, Unitit States - (1955) Auldest sister ceety in Japan
Santos, Brazil (1972)
Porto, Portugal (1978)[4]
Middelburg, Netherlands (1978)
Fuzhou, Cheenae (1980)
Vaux-sur-Aure, Fraunce (2005), sister ceety o Sotome syne 1978
References
eedit- ↑ Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6.
- ↑ "平年値（年・月ごとの値）". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). Municipal Directorateofthe Presidency Services International Relations Office. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Nagasaki. |
- Offeecial wabsteid
- Nuclear Files.org Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Comprehensive information on the history, an poleetical an social implications o the US atomic bombins o Hiroshima an Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Prefectural Tourism Federation Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Nagasaki Product Promotion Association
- Uisefu information for foreign residents Archived 2008-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, produced bi Nagasaki Internaitional Association Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
