Dejima

Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
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  • Railway station
  • …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
  • Description: Former island at head of Nagasaki harbor, now reclaimed & part of mainland; was residence of Eutch East India Company 1641-1859; this was the only point of contact between Japan & the Western world during this time.
  • Also known as
    “Decima”
    “Dejima-eki”
    “Deshima”
    “Desjima”
    “Dezima”
    “Disima”
    “Disma”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dejima Museum and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum.
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Fusebok, Public domain.
opened in , , Japan, in 2005. is situated 270 metres southwest of Dejima.
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is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, . is situated 420 metres southeast of Dejima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagayo.
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is a town located in , , Japan. is situated 9 km north of Dejima.

Dejima

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Latitude
32.7439° or 32° 44′ 38″ north
Longitude
129.87181° or 129° 52′ 19″ east
Open location code
8Q4FPVVC+HP
Geo­Names ID
7562123
Wiki­data ID
Q640267

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Dejima” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Desjima”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ديجيما”
  • Arabic: “دييما”
  • Azerbaijani: “Decima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Deşima”
  • Catalan: “Dejima”
  • Chinese: “出島”
  • Czech: “Dedžima”
  • Czech: “Dejima”
  • Danish: “Dejima”
  • Dutch: “Dejima”
  • Dutch: “Deshima”
  • Dutch: “Tsukishima”
  • Esperanto: “Deĵima”
  • Finnish: “Dejima”
  • French: “Dejima”
  • German: “Dejima”
  • Hebrew: “דג’ימה”
  • Hindi: “देजिमा”
  • Hungarian: “Dedzsima”
  • Ido: “Dejima”
  • Indonesian: “Dejima”
  • Italian: “Dejima”
  • Japanese: “でじまえき”
  • Japanese: “出島”
  • Japanese: “出島駅”
  • Korean: “데지마”
  • Latin: “Insula Desima”
  • Latin: “Insula Dezima”
  • Malay: “Dejima”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dejima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dejima”
  • Norwegian: “Dejima”
  • Persian: “دجیما”
  • Polish: “Dejima”
  • Portuguese: “Dejima”
  • Russian: “Дэдзима”
  • Slovenian: “Dedžima”
  • Slovenian: “Dejima”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دجیما”
  • Spanish: “Dejima”
  • Swedish: “Dejima”
  • Thai: “เดจิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Dejima”
  • Ukrainian: “Дедзіма”
  • Vietnamese: “Dejima”
  • Western Frisian: “Desjima”

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