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Saga Prefecture is a small and rustic prefecture on the island of in . It is famous for pottery and pre-historic village ruins.
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is the eponymous capital of prefecture on the island of . Most travelers seem to pass by on their way to Nagasaki, but the city does have its share of worthwhile sites if you take the time to stop by and explore.

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is a city located in Saga Prefecture 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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is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 1 June 2024, the city had an estimated population of 51,875 in 23,874 households, and a population density of 200 persons per km2.

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is a city located in the eastern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 30 April 2024, the city had an estimated population of 74,334 in 33597 households, and a population density of 1000 persons per km2.

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is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 1 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 17,807 in 7,912 households, and a population density of 180 persons per km2.

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is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 47,136 in 19,207 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 195.40 km2.

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is a city located in the southern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 27,360 in 10949 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2.

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is a city located in Saga Prefecture, . As of 30 April 2024, the city had an estimated population of 30,329 in 12,440 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 125.13 km2.

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is a city located in the western part of Saga Prefecture on the island of , Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 24,529 in 10075 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2.

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is a city located in the central part of Saga Prefecture on the island of , . As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 44,120 in 17,548 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2.

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is a town located in , Saga Prefecture, . As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 18,634 in 7867 households, and a population density of 280 people per km2.

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is a town in District, Saga Prefecture, . As of 30 April 2024, the town had an estimated population of 25,745 in 10599 households, and a population density of 500 people per km2.

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is a town located in , Saga Prefecture, . As of 30 April 2024, the town had an estimated population of 16,161 in 6,792 households, and a population density of 370 people per km2. The total area of the town is 43.99 km2.

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is a town located in Miyaki District, Saga Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū. As of 31 March 2024, the town had an estimated population of 17,559 in 7508 households, and a population density of 750 persons per km².

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is a town and peninsula located in , Saga Prefecture, . As of 31 March 2024, the town had an estimated population of 7973 in 3215 households, and a population density of 750 persons per km². The total area of the town is 74.30 km2…

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Kōhoku is a town located in , Saga Prefecture, . It is known as a crossroads for railways and national highways, and as such has dubbed itself "the navel of Saga".

Saga

Latitude of center
33.2185° or 33° 13′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
130.1297° or 130° 7′ 47″ east
Population
809,000
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1499608655
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
1853299
Wiki­data ID
Q160420
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Saga” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Prefektur Saga”
  • Afrikaans: “Saga Prefektuur”
  • Afrikaans: “Saga-prefektuur”
  • Arabic: “ساغا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ساغا”
  • Armenian: “Սագա (պրեֆեկտուրա)”
  • Armenian: “Սագա”
  • Asturian: “prefeutura de Saga”
  • Asturian: “Saga (prefeutura)”
  • Asturian: “Saga (Xapón)”
  • Asturian: “Saga”
  • Azerbaijani: “Saqa prefekturası”
  • Balinese: “Préféktur Saga”
  • Basque: “Saga”
  • Belarusian: “прэфектура Сага”
  • Belarusian: “Сага (прэфектура)”
  • Belarusian: “Сага”
  • Bengali: “সাগা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Сага”
  • Catalan: “prefectura de Saga”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura de Saga”
  • Cebuano: “Saga-ken”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ساگا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ساگا”
  • Chechen: “Сага (префектура)”
  • Chechen: “Сага”
  • Chinese: “Saga-koān”
  • Chinese: “佐賀”
  • Chinese: “佐賀縣”
  • Chinese: “佐贺县”
  • Croatian: “Saga”
  • Czech: “Prefektura Saga”
  • Danish: “Saga-præfekturet”
  • Dutch: “Saga”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Saga”
  • Esperanto: “Saga-prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Saga”
  • Estonian: “Saga prefektuur”
  • Finnish: “Saga-ken”
  • Finnish: “Sagan prefektuuri”
  • French: “préfecture de Saga”
  • French: “Préfecture de Saga”
  • French: “Saga”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Saga”
  • Georgian: “საგის პრეფექტურა”
  • German: “JP-41”
  • German: “Präfektur Saga”
  • German: “Saga-ken”
  • German: “Saga”
  • Greek: “Σάγκα”
  • Gujarati: “સાગા પ્રીફેક્ચર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Saga-yen”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tsó-fo-yen”
  • Hebrew: “סאגה”
  • Hindi: “सागा प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Saga prefektúra”
  • Hungarian: “Szaga prefektúra”
  • Iloko: “Prepektura ti Saga”
  • Iloko: “Saga”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Saga”
  • Irish: “Maoracht Saga”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Saga”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Saga”
  • Japanese: “Saga-ken”
  • Japanese: “さがけん”
  • Japanese: “佐賀”
  • Japanese: “佐賀県”
  • Javanese: “Panagara Saga”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಗಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Korean: “사가 현”
  • Korean: “사가현”
  • Latvian: “Sagas prefektūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “佐賀縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Saga prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Sagos prefektūra”
  • Macedonian: “Сага”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Saga”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁꯥꯒꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
  • Marathi: “सागा प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “सागा”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Saga-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saga Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saga-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saga-kōan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prefektuur Saga”
  • Northern Frisian: “Saga-ken”
  • Northern Sami: “Saga prefektuvra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saga prefektur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saga prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Saga”
  • Ossetian: “Сагæ (префектурæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Сагæ”
  • Persian: “استان ساگا”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Saga”
  • Polish: “Saga”
  • Portuguese: “Saga”
  • Romanian: “prefectura Saga”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Saga”
  • Russian: “Префектура Сага”
  • Russian: “Сага”
  • Scots: “Saga Prefectur”
  • Serbian: “Prefektura Saga”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Сага”
  • Serbian: “Сага”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Saga”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saga”
  • Sinhala: “සගා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Saga”
  • Slovenian: “JP-41”
  • Slovenian: “prefektura Saga”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Saga”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساقا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “prefectura de Saga”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Saga”
  • Spanish: “Saga Japon”
  • Spanish: “Saga Japón”
  • Spanish: “Saga”
  • Sundanese: “Préféktur Saga”
  • Sundanese: “Saga Prefecture”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Saga”
  • Swedish: “Saga prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Saga”
  • Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Saga”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Saga”
  • Tagalog: “Saga Prefecture”
  • Tajik: “Prefekturai Saga”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Сага”
  • Tamil: “சகா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே”
  • Tatar: “Сага (префектура)”
  • Tatar: “Сага”
  • Telugu: “సాగా ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดซางะ”
  • Turkish: “Saga prefektörlüğü”
  • Turkish: “Saga”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Сага”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Саґа”
  • Ukrainian: “Саґа”
  • Urdu: “ساگا پریفیکچر”
  • Urdu: “سگا پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Saga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saga Prefecture”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saga”
  • Welsh: “Saga-ken”
  • Welsh: “Saga”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ساگا”
  • Wu Chinese: “佐贺县”
  • Yakut: “Сага префектурата”
  • Yue Chinese: “佐賀”
  • Yue Chinese: “佐賀縣”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Saga”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.