Nagasaki
(
長崎市
,
Nagasaki-shi
)
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) 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".
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]
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 Ky?sh?. 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 km
2
).
Nagasaki haes the teepical
humid subtropical climate
o Ky?sh? an Honsh?. 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
Got?
tae the wast, an temperaturs are slichtly milder than faur inland in Ky?sh?. 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
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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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)
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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]
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Source #2:
Japan Meteorological Agency
(records)
[3]
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The nearest airport is
Nagasaki Airport
in the nearby ceety o
?mura
. 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
.
Twin touns an sister ceeties
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The ceety o Nagasaki maintains
sister-ceety
or friendship relations wi ither ceeties warldwide.
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