Sakito [town] - Sakito

Japanese: 崎戸[町] - さきと

A former town in Nishisonogi County, central Nagasaki Prefecture. It consists of Kakinoura Island, Enoshima Island, Hirashima Island, and other islands off the west coast of the Nishisonogi Peninsula. It flourished as a coal mining town after coal mining began in Fukuura on Kakinoura Island at the end of the Meiji period, but the mine was closed due to a downturn in the coal industry and it fell into decline. Nakato Bridge spans between Kakinoura Island and Oshima Island. In April 2005, it merged with Nishisonogi County's Nishisonogi Town, Saikai Town, Oshima Town, and Oseto Town to become a city, Saikai City. ^{14.11 km2} . 2,296 people (2003).

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Japanese:

長崎県中部，西彼杵(にしそのぎ)郡の旧町。西彼杵半島西岸沖にある蛎ノ浦(かきのうら)島，江ノ島，平(ひら)島などからなる。明治末期蛎ノ浦島の福浦で石炭採掘が始まってから炭鉱町として栄えたが，石炭業不振のため閉山し，衰微。蛎ノ浦島〜大島間に中戸橋がかかる。2005年４月西彼杵郡西彼町，西海町，大島町，大瀬戸町と合併し市制，西海市となる。14.11km²。2296人（2003）。

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