Takashima (鷹島町, Takashima-chō) was a town located in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,763 and a density of 161.39 persons per km2.
On January 1, 2006, Takashima, along with the town of Fukushima (also from Kitamatsuura District), was merged into the expanded city of Matsuura.
[1] Technically an island, Takashima is linked to mainland Kyūshū by a bridge.
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