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Ōmura (大村市; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan.


As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 86,388 and the density of 683.83 persons per kmē. The total area is 126.33 kmē.


The city was founded on February 11, 1942.


In the opera Madama Butterfly, set in nearby Nagasaki, the place name Omara in the line "ed alla damigella Butterfly del quartiere d'Omara Nagasaki" probably refers to Omura.


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  Nagasaki Prefecture Symbol of Nagasaki Prefecture
Cities
Fukue | Goto | Hirado | Iki | Isahaya | Matsuura | Nagasaki (capital) | Omura | Sasebo | Shimabara | Tsushima
Districts
Higashisonogi | Kitamatsura | Kitatakaki | Minamimatsura | Minamitakaki | Nishisonogi
 
Districts in Tsushima subprefecture
Kamiagata | Shimoagata

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