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City profile · Japan · Asia

Sasebo

Nagasaki · Japan
City population
243,223
#100
in Japan
#2
in Nagasaki
#2,364
worldwide
TokyoSasebo
33.168, 129.725 · 956 km from Tokyo
City population
243,223
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Japan
#100
of 1,216 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#2,364
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Japan
0.2%
of the national population

About Sasebo

Sasebo is a city in Nagasaki, Japan with a population of 243,223. It is the 100th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, and the 2,364th largest worldwide. It lies 956 km from Tokyo.

Position in Japan
#100of 1,216
LargestSmallest
Position in Nagasaki
#2of 17
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Japan
Region
Nagasaki
Rank in region
#2of 17
Distance to capital
956 km
to Tokyo
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
33.168, 129.725
Record updated
2024-12-29
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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