Nagasaki

Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi) (listen ) 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
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.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp

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

Nagasaki 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)
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

A busy street in Nagasaki

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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Japan

Twin touns an sister ceeties

The ceety o Nagasaki maintains sister-ceety or friendship relations wi ither ceeties warldwide.

Within Japan

• Hiroshima

Ootside Japan

• 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