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This site’s goal is to educate you about Okinawa, Japan.
Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Japanese: Okinawa-ken?, Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken) is one of Japan's southern prefectures, and is made up of over a hundred of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyu-shu- (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is found in the southern part of the hugest and most populous island, Okinawa Island which is about half-way between Kyu-shu- and Taiwan. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Mandarin: Diaoyu Islands) are also administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture at present.
Major islands
The set of islands belonging to the prefecture is called Ryu-kyu- Shoto- (琉球諸島). Okinawa's inhabited islands are generally spling into three geographical archipelagos. From northeast to southwest:
- Okinawa Islands(沖縄諸島 Okinawa Shotō)
- Ie-jima
- Kume
- Okinawa Island
- Kerama Islands
- Miyako Islands
- Miyako-jima
- Yaeyama Islands
- Iriomote
- Ishigaki
- Yonaguni
- Senkaku Islands
Cities
Okinawa Prefecture includes eleven cities. Okinawan names are in parentheses.
- Ginowan (Jinoon)
- Ishigaki (Ishigachi)
- Itoman (Ichuman)
- Miyakojima (Naaku)
- Nago (Nagu)
- Naha (Naafa) (capital)
- Nanjō (Nanjoo)
- Okinawa (Uchinaa) (formerly Koza)
- Tomigusuku (Timigushiku)
- Urasoe (Urashii)
- Uruma (Uruma)
Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district.
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