Urakami

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Urakami is a historic district of Nagasaki, Japan, known notably as the area devastated by the atomic bombing during World War II and for its prominent Catholic heritage.

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Urakami canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Nagasaki
historic district
administrativeStatus district of Nagasaki City
associatedWith Kakure Kirishitan
surface form: hidden Christians of Japan

persecution of Christians in Japan
bombedOn 1945-08-09
bombingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
bombingTargetCity Nagasaki
bombingType atomic bombing
country Japan
culturalSignificance symbol of Christian resilience in Japan
symbol of nuclear devastation
devastationCenter hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb
educationSite location of schools and universities in Nagasaki
geographicalFeature valley area of Nagasaki
hasChurch multiple Catholic churches
hasLandmark Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Nagasaki Peace Park
surface form: Peace Park (Nagasaki)

Urakami Cathedral
hasMemorial monuments to atomic bomb victims
heritageType Catholic cultural heritage area
historicalEvent atomic bombing of Nagasaki
historicalPeriod World War II
knownFor Catholic heritage
Christian community in Japan
Urakami Cathedral
area devastated by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
linkedTo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki
surface form: Nagasaki Archdiocese
locatedIn Japan
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED
memorialFocus civilian casualties of atomic bombing
partOf Nagasaki
surface form: Nagasaki City

Nagasaki Peace Park
surface form: Nagasaki Peace-related sites
populationCharacteristic large Catholic population (historically)
reconstructedAfter 1945 atomic bombing
World War II
regionType urban district
religiousTradition Christianity
Roman Catholicism
tourismType peace tourism destination
religious tourism destination
urbanFunction educational area
religious center in Nagasaki
residential area

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Nagasaki hasDistrict Urakami
Nagasaki Bay near Urakami