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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.
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).
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki (9 August 1945): Of approximately 39,000–80,000 deaths, 27,778 were Japanese munitions workers, 2,000 were Korean slave laborers, and 150 were Japanese combatants. The air raids resulted in heavy damage to Japanese infrastructure and the deaths of 241,000–900,000 Japanese citizens (mostly civilians), as well as ...
Nagasaki Sasebo Isahaya The following table lists the 20 cities, villages and towns in Nagasaki with a population of at least 5,000 on October 1, 2020, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census.
As of 2023, the city has a population of 1,183,696. [8] The population around 1910 was 143,000. [9] Before World War II, Hiroshima's population had grown to 360,000, and peaked at 419,182 in 1942. [10] Following the atomic bombing in 1945, the population dropped to 137,197. [10] By 1955, the city's population had returned to pre-war levels. [11]
In 2003, Nelson Mandela, who opposed Apartheid in South Africa, said the following about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. [172] 57 years ago, when Japan was retreating on all fronts, they (U.S.) decided to drop the atom bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Killed a lot of innocent people, who are still suffering from the effects of those bomb.