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Nagasaki

, officially , is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Nagasaki is the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It is an important city in Japanese geography and serves as the administrative center of its prefecture.

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Settlement.name: Nagasaki
Settlement.official_name: Nagasaki City
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture capital and core city
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Nagasaki, Nagasaki.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Nagasaki Nagasaki chapter.svg
Settlement.nicknames: City of PeaceNaples of the Orient
Settlement.image_map1: Nagasaki in Nagasaki Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Map of Nagasaki Prefecture with Nagasaki highlighted in dark pink
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kyushu#Japan#Asia#Earth
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption:  
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kyushu
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nagasaki Prefecture
Settlement.established_title: Harbor opened for foreign trade
Settlement.established_date: 1571
Settlement.established_title1: Became treaty port

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Contents

History
Nagasaki as a Jesuit port of call
Seclusion era
Meiji Japan
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War II
Contemporary era
Geography
Climate
Education
Universities
Junior colleges
Economy
Transportation
Demographics
Sports
Main sites
Cityscape
Events
Cuisine
Notable people
Sister cities
See also
References
Bibliography
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, officially , is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Nagasaki became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. The city was later rebuilt.

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