Karatsu

Karatsu is a city located in on the island of , . Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 kara, and 津 tsu, signifies its historical importance as an ancient trading port between Japan with China and Korea.
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  • Type: City with 117,000 residents
  • Description: city in Saga Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Karatsu, Saga”, “Karatu”, and “Karatu Si”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karatsu Castle and Former Karatsu Bank Head Office.

Castle
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is a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, , . It is a hirayamajiro, a castle built on a plain rather than a hill or mountain.

Museum
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is a museum.

Railway station
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is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Karatsu, , . It is operated by JR Kyushu. It is the main station of Karatsu City.

Karatsu

Latitude
33.4503° or 33° 27′ 1″ north
Longitude
129.9679° or 129° 58′ 5″ east
Population
117,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP KAR
Open location code
8Q5FFX29+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1954714987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1860063
Wiki­data ID
Q738275
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Karatsu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاراتسو، ساغا”
  • Arabic: “كاراتسو”
  • Asturian: “Karatsu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karatsu”
  • Basque: “Karatsu”
  • Bengali: “কারাতসো”
  • Catalan: “Karatsu”
  • Cebuano: “Karatsu”
  • Chechen: “Карацу”
  • Chinese: “Karatu-chhī”
  • Chinese: “唐津”
  • Chinese: “唐津市”
  • Czech: “Karacu”
  • Danish: “Karatsu”
  • Dutch: “Karatsu”
  • Esperanto: “Karacu”
  • Finnish: “Karatsu”
  • French: “Karatsu”
  • Galician: “Karatsu”
  • German: “Karatsu”
  • Greek: “Καράτσου”
  • Gujarati: “કરત્સુ”
  • Hebrew: “קרצו”
  • Hindi: “करातसू”
  • Hungarian: “Karacu”
  • Indonesian: “Karatsu, Saga”
  • Indonesian: “Karatsu”
  • Irish: “Karatsu”
  • Italian: “Karatsu”
  • Japanese: “Karatsu-shi”
  • Japanese: “からつし”
  • Japanese: “唐津”
  • Japanese: “唐津市”
  • Japanese: “唐津町”
  • Kannada: “ಕರಾಟು”
  • Korean: “가라쓰 시”
  • Korean: “가라쓰시”
  • Latvian: “Karatsu”
  • Literary Chinese: “唐津市”
  • Lithuanian: “Karatsu”
  • Malagasy: “Karatsu”
  • Malay: “Karatsu, Saga”
  • Malay: “Karatsu”
  • Marathi: “कारस्तु”
  • Mazanderani: “کاراتسو، ساگا”
  • Mazanderani: “کاراتسو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karatu-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karatsu”
  • Norwegian: “Karatsu”
  • Persian: “کاراتسو، ساگا”
  • Persian: “کاراتسو”
  • Polish: “Karatsu”
  • Portuguese: “Karatsu”
  • Romanian: “Karatsu”
  • Russian: “Карацу”
  • Serbian: “Karacu”
  • Serbian: “Карацу”
  • Serbian: “唐津市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karacu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karatsu”
  • Sinhala: “කරට්සු”
  • Slovenian: “Karacu”
  • Slovenian: “Karatsu”
  • Spanish: “Karatsu”
  • Swedish: “Karatsu”
  • Tagalog: “Karatsu, Saga”
  • Tagalog: “Karatsu”
  • Tajik: “Karatsu”
  • Tajik: “Каратсу”
  • Tamil: “கரெட்சு”
  • Tatar: “Каратсу”
  • Tatar: “Карацу”
  • Telugu: “కరట్సు”
  • Thai: “คารัตสึ”
  • Turkish: “Karatsu”
  • Ukrainian: “Карацу”
  • Urdu: “کاراٹسو، ساگا”
  • Urdu: “کراتسو”
  • Uzbek: “Karatsu”
  • Venetian: “Karatsu”
  • Vietnamese: “Karatsu, Saga”
  • Vietnamese: “Karatsu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karatsu, Saga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karatsu”
  • Yue Chinese: “唐津”

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