Sasebo is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on the island of Kyushu, and is the second largest city in the prefecture after Nagasaki itself. It grew from a small fishing village under the historical Hirado Domain into a major naval center after Admiral Togo Heihachiro chose it as a navy base site in 1886, and it was raised to city status in 1902. As of April 2024 it had a population of about 230,873 across roughly 426 square kilometers, and it was designated a core city in 2016.
Facts
Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Sasebo (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 242,664 (2021)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 129.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 129.75
33.25 129.75 Cfa
3. GeoNames: Sasebo - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1852899, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1852899, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
33.16834 129.72502 P PPLA2 JP 27 1852895 243223 8 Asia/Tokyo
Sasebo (Wikipedia)
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Sasebo (佐世保市, Sasebo-shi) is a core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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