Tsushima Subprefecture (対馬支庁, ''Tsushima-shichō'', ) was an administrative subdivision 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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. The
subprefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
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was the administrative body for
Tsushima Island
is an island of the Japanese archipelago situated in-between the Tsushima Strait and Korea Strait, approximately halfway between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula. The main island of Tsushima, once a single island, was divided into two in 1671 b ...
which lies between
Kyūshū
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
and the
Korean Peninsula
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. The only municipality in ''Tsushima Subprefecture'' is
Tsushima City, which itself is the composite of the
merger
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of six smaller towns (Kamiagata: Kami-agata, Kami-tsushima, Mine and Shimoagata: Izuhara, Mitsushima, Toyotama) on the island.
Subprefectures in Nagasaki Prefecture
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