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Nagasaki Bio Park founded. [17] Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China. [16] Population: 502,799. 1990 – January 18: 1990 Nagasaki shooting incident , targeting mayor Motoshima. 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor. 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built. 2000 – Population: 423,163. [19]
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 rebuilt. [3] As of February 1, 2024, Nagasaki has an estimated population of 392,281 [1] and a population density of 966 people per km 2.
An estimated 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima (between 26 and 49 percent of its population) and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki (between 22 and 32 percent of its population) died in 1945, of which a majority in each case were killed on the days of the bombings, due to the force and heat of the blasts themselves.
On Aug. 9, the United States dropped another bomb, dubbed "Fat Man," about 420 kilometers (261 miles) to the south over Nagasaki, instantly killing more than 75,000 people beneath a mushroom cloud ...
Nagasaki paid tribute to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing 77 years ago on Aug. 9, with the mayor saying Russia's war on Ukraine showed the world that another nuclear attack is not just a ...
Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km 2 (1,594 sq mi).
The radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6km away in Koyagi-jima (Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum/Getty) “I was lying down reading a book and then suddenly there ...
The atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, detonated in Urakami only 500 m (1640 ft) from the cathedral, completely destroying it. As the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) was near, Mass was held on the day and was well attended.