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  Tsushima Subprefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsushima subprefecture (対馬支庁 Tsushima-shichō) is an administrative subdivision of Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.
This subprefecture is the administrative body for the Tsushima islands which lie between Japan and the Korean peninsula.
The only municipality in Tsushima subprefecture is Tsushima city, which itself is the composite of a recent town merger of six smaller towns on the island.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsushima_subprefecture   (82 words)

  
 Tsushima Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Tsushima Islands are situated in the Korea Strait between the Japanese island of Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula.
Tsushima Province was controlled by the Tsushima-no-kuni-no-miyatsuko (対馬国造) clan until the Heian Period and then by the Ahiru clan until the middle of the 13th century.
Tsushima was transferred to Nagasaki Prefecture in 1872 and its districts of Kamiagata (上県) and Shimoagata (下県) were merged to form the modern Tsushima City.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tsushima-Islands.htm   (2114 words)

  
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Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province.
Examples: Danshui Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan4 shui3 ting1) and Ga'malan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 ga2 ma3 lan2) (both in Taiwan).
Subprefectures are also translated as "Branch office" or "Branch of the Prefectural Government".
www.informationclub.com /encyclopedia/s/su/subprefecture.html   (143 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Tsushima Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Tsushima Islands are situated wholly in the Korea Strait, East and South-east of the Korean Peninsula and between the Japanese mainland due west of the Kanmon Strait which divides Honshu from Kyushu, and which also connects Korea / Tsushima straits to the Inland Sea.
Tsushima is considered a single island by the Japanese government, with an area of 696.26 square kilometres.
Tsushima was the main naval base for this invasion, and in continuing support of the war, large numbers of Korean labourers were transported to Tsushima until 1603.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Tsushima_Islands   (2488 words)

  
 Tsushima, Nagasaki @ FootballLiving.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is the only city of Tsushima Subprefecture and it entirely occupies the Tsushima Island Archipelago, which lies in the Korea Strait north of Nagasaki on the western side of Kyushu, the southernmost mainland island of Japan.
The city of Tsushima is located on Tsushima Island, lying slightly to the west side of Korea Strait south of the Sea of Japan and north-east of the East China Sea.
Tsushima is geographically close to the Korean Peninsula, so enviromental problems arising from South Korea affect Tsushima.
www.footballliving.com /moreinfo/Tsushima,_Nagasaki   (836 words)

  
 subprefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is subdivided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures.
Examples: Tamsui (Danshui) Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan4 shui3 ting1) and Kavalan (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 ga2 ma3 lan2) (both in Taiwan).
Some Japanese prefectures have branch offices called 支庁 (shicho) in Japanese, which are translated in English as "subprefectures", "branch offices", or "branches of the prefectural government".
yourencyclopedia.net /subprefecture.html   (209 words)

  
 Tsushima, Nagasaki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As of 2005, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 39,983 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 56.42 persons per km².
Tsushima is the long and slender island which appear on the west in the (An arm of the Pacific between China and Japan) Sea of Japan.
The "Tsushima (additional info and facts about Wild Cat) Wild Cat" of the (A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction) endangered species which inhabits only this area is in an island.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ts/Tsushima,_Nagasaki.htm   (460 words)

  
 Subprefectures of Japan
Normally area of a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen of cities, towns, and/or villages.
As the subprefectures are mere agencies of the prefectures, many peoples are unaware of them, except what of Hokkaido and Tokyo by historical reasons.
Note: English translation of shicho is not established; Hokkaido uses "subprefecture", while other prefectures may or may not.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/su/subprefectures_of_japan.html   (358 words)

  
 Nagasaki Prefecture - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nagasaki Prefecture, an unification of former provinces of Hizen, Tsushima, and Iki, has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries.
Nagasaki borders Saga Prefecture on the east, and is otherwise surrounded by water, including Ariake Bay, the Tsushima Straits, and the East China Sea.
Most of the prefecture is near the coast and there are a number of ports such as Nagasaki and the United States naval base at Sasebo.
encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture   (654 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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subprefecture.iqexpand.com   (404 words)

  
 Tsushima subprefecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tsushima subprefecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Tsushima subprefecture (対馬支庁 Tsushima-shichō) is located in (A city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb) Nagasaki, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
It now consists entirely of the city of (A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait) Tsushima, formed by a merger of the six towns on the island.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ts/Tsushima_subprefecture.htm   (114 words)

  
 Tsushima -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ts/Tsushima.htm   (102 words)

  
 Subprefecture : Sous-préfecture
There were (are?) ten Albanian prefectures, each of which is subdivided into eight to ten subprefecture.
Examples: Danshui Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan4 shui3 ting1), Taiwan; Ga'malan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 ga2 ma3 lan2 ~), Taiwan.
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www.fastload.org /so/Sous-pr%E9fecture.html   (189 words)

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