Amakusa

Amakusa is a city and chain of islands off the west coast of in . The southernmost part of the islands belongs to .
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  • Island
  • …has 126,000 residents
  • Description: island group in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Amakusa archipelago”
    “Amakusa group”
    “Amakusa island group”
    “Amakusa islands”
    “Amakusa Jima”
    “Amakusa-rettō”
    “Amakusa-shotō”

Amakusa

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Latitude
32.3333° or 32° 20′ north
Longitude
130.25° or 130° 15′ east
Open location code
8Q4G87M2+82
Geo­Names ID
1865355
Wiki­data ID
Q452622

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Amakusa” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Amakusa adaları”
  • Catalan: “Illes Amakusa”
  • Cebuano: “Amakusa-shotō”
  • Chinese: “天草群島”
  • Chinese: “天草諸島”
  • Czech: “Souostroví Amakusa”
  • Dutch: “Amakusa”
  • French: “îles Amakusa”
  • French: “Îles Amakusa”
  • German: “Amakusa-Inseln”
  • Greek: “Αμακούζα”
  • Greek: “Αμακούσα-σότο”
  • Greek: “Αμακούσα”
  • Greek: “Αρχιπέλαγος Αμακούσα”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Αμακούσα”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago di Amakusa”
  • Japanese: “天草島”
  • Japanese: “天草諸島”
  • Korean: “아마쿠사 제도”
  • Persian: “آماکوسا”
  • Persian: “اماکوسا”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر آماکوسا”
  • Polish: “Amakusa”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Amakusa”
  • Russian: “Амакуса (острова)”
  • Russian: “Амакуса”
  • Serbian: “Амакуса”
  • Slovenian: “Amakusa”
  • Slovenian: “otoška skupina Amakusa”
  • Slovenian: “skupina Amakusa”
  • Spanish: “Amakusa”
  • Spanish: “archipiélago de Amakusa”
  • Spanish: “islas Amakusa”
  • Spanish: “Islas Amakusa”
  • Turkish: “Amakusa Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Амакуса”
  • Vietnamese: “Amakusa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Amakusa”

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