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Ryukyuan, Japanese. Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa [4] Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), [5] is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu ( Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region.
Battle of Okinawa. / 26.5°N 128°E / 26.5; 128. The Battle of Okinawa ( Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [24] : 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
The village saw a significant increase in U.S. military presence in 1950 in the western coast of the village, which eventually became Camp Kinser. The population of Urasoe rapidly from 1956, and the city became a bedroom community of Naha in this period. [2] [3] [5] Urasoe was elevated to city status on July 1, 1970.
This article is about the town in Okinawa Prefecture. For the village in Kumamoto Prefecture, see Nishihara, Kumamoto. Nishihara (西原町, Nishihara-chō, Okinawan: ニシバル, romanized:Nishibaru [1] [2]) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [3]
Haebaru (南風原町, Haebaru-chō, Okinawan: フェーバル Feebaru [1]) is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [2] As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 37,874 and a density of 3,500 persons per km 2. The total area is 10.72 km 2.
Tsuken Island (津堅島, Tsuken-jima, Okinawan: Biti) is an island in the Pacific Ocean in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is southernmost of the Yokatsu Islands, and is located 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) south south-east of the Katsuren Peninsula off Okinawa Island at the entrance of Nakagusuku Bay.
It occupies the north tip of Okinawa Island, with the East China Sea to the west, Pacific Ocean to the east, and villages of Higashi and Ōgimi to the south. [1] As of 2015, the village has a population of 4,908 and a population density of 25.20 persons per km 2. The total area is 194.80 km 2 .
Operated by Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc. (沖縄都市モノレール株式会社, Okinawa Toshi Monorēru Kabushiki-gaisha), it opened on 10 August 2003, and is the only public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. Yui Rail is the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II.
Kunigami (国頭郡, Kunigami-gun, Kunigami: Kunzan, Okinawan: Kunjan) is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Roughly translated, kunigami means "head of the country", referring to its northern location on the island of Okinawa. Compare this to Shimajiri District, Okinawa .
Onna is located in the central part of Okinawa Island, and occupies a long, narrow stretch of the western coast of the island. The village spans 27.4 kilometres (17.0 mi) from north to south but only 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) from east to west.
