Urakami district of Nagasaki

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The Urakami district of Nagasaki is the northern residential and industrial area of the city that bore the brunt of the 1945 atomic bombing, suffering catastrophic destruction and loss of life.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
urban district
associatedWith Catholic community of Nagasaki
Nagasaki Peace tourism
attackedBy United States Army Air Forces
bombingType atomic bombing
bombNickname Fat Man
bombUsed plutonium implosion-type atomic bomb
boreTheBruntOf atomic bombing of Nagasaki
surface form: 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki
characterizedAs industrial area
residential area
commemoratedOn annual Nagasaki atomic bombing memorial ceremonies on August 9
contains Urakami Cathedral
country Japan
culturalSignificance symbol of suffering from nuclear warfare
dateOfEvent 1945-08-09
distanceFromHypocenter around the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb
event atomic bombing of Nagasaki
surface form: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
governedBy Nagasaki
surface form: Nagasaki City Government
hasHeritage sites related to hidden Christians in Nagasaki
hasTransport served by Nagasaki public transport network
historicalPopulationImpact large proportion of local residents killed or injured in 1945 bombing
language Japanese
locatedIn Japan
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Japan Standard Time
locatedNorthOf central Nagasaki
memorializedBy local monuments to atomic bombing victims
near Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Nagasaki Peace Park
notableFor heavy damage from the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki
large loss of life in the 1945 atomic bombing
notablePeriod World War II
partOf Nagasaki
surface form: City of Nagasaki
postwarStatus rebuilt residential district
site of memorials to atomic bombing victims
preWarCharacter mixed residential and industrial zone
reconstructionPeriod post-1945
region Kyushu
surface form: Kyushu region of Japan
religiousHistory historical center of Catholicism in Nagasaki
suffered catastrophic destruction in 1945
UrakamiCathedralStatusIn1945 destroyed by the atomic bombing
urbanFunction industrial zone of Nagasaki
residential zone of Nagasaki

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atomic bombing of Nagasaki hasPrimaryTargetArea Urakami district of Nagasaki