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Also known as Goto City, Goto-shi, Gotō-shi, Gotō

city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Key facts

Country
Japan
Region
Kyushu
Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture
Mayor
Futoshi Ideguchi (since September 2024)
Total
420.81 km (162.48 sq mi)
Density
89.767/km (232.50/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address
853-8501
Climate
Cfa
Website
www .city .goto .nagasaki .jp
Bird
Japanese white-eye
Flower
Crinum asiaticum
Tree
Ficus superba

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Population
40622
Area
420.12
Image
Goto city office.JPG
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inception
2004-08-01
Commons category
Goto, Nagasaki
native label
五島市
name in kana
ごとうし
email address
mailto:[email protected]
transliteration or transcription
Goto-shi
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Gotō (五島市, Gotō-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It comprises the south-west half of the Gotō Islands plus (uninhabited) Danjo and Hizen Torishima archipelagos in the East China Sea. Although the core islands of the city lay some 100 kilometers from Nagasaki, the other archipelagos lay 60 km further to South-West. The city consists of 11 inhabited and 52 uninhabited islands. The three main islands of the city are Fukue, Hisaka, and Naru. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 37,775 and a population density of 90 persons per km. The total area is 420.81 km.

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