was a
city
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located in the
Gotō Islands of
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...
,
Japan
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. It was the largest city on the Gotō Islands. The city was founded on April 1, 1954.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 26,886 and the
density
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of 170.01 persons per km². The total area was 158.14 km².
On August 1, 2004, Fukue, along with the towns of
Kishiku,
Miiraku,
Naru,
Tamanoura and
Tomie
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(all from
Minamimatsuura District), was merged to create the city of
Gotō.
Gotō-Fukue Airport
, is a third class airport located southwest of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture, off the western coast of Kyūshū, Japan. The airport also serves the city of Fukue. It is also known as and, since 2014, also styled Gotō Tsubaki Airport (五島 ...
is located in former Fukue City.
External links
Gotō official website
Dissolved municipalities of Nagasaki Prefecture
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