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Kunigami District, Okinawa
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. As of 2020, the district has an estimated population of 62,257 and the density of 107.84 persons per km2. The total area is 577.3 km2. Kunigami district includes a section of Okinawa Island and several smaller islands. Towns and villages *Kin *Motobu * Ginoza *Higashi * Ie *Kunigami *Nakijin *Onna *Ōgimi Transportation The portion of the district on Okinawa is served by Naha Airport in nearby Naha. Ie has the Iejima Airport. Education The individual towns and villages operate their public elementary and junior high schools. Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates the following public high schools in the district: * Ginoza High Schoolbr>( Ginoza) * Hentona High Schoolbr>( Ogimi, Okinawa, Ogimi) * Hokuzan High Schoolbr>(Nakijin) * Motobu High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami District In Okinawa Map
is a village in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. 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. As of 2015, the village has a population of 4,908 and a population density of 25.20 persons per km2. The total area is 194.80 km2. History According to ''Chūzan Seikan'', the goddess Amamikyu consecrated the first utaki in Asa Forest at Hedo, in what is now Kunigami; the forest is also mentioned in ''Omoro Sōshi''. Ceramics from the Jōmon-period resemble those found in the Amami Islands. ''Chūzan Seikan'' records the prayers of the Kunigami council for the recovery of Shō Sei after an abortive attempt to occupy Amami Ōshima in 1537, while ''Kyūyō'' recounts the appointment of the son of the Kunigami Oyakata as ''aji'' after the successful takeover of the Amami Islands by Shō Gen in 1571. Kunigami District was established in 1896 and, upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami, Okinawa
is a village in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. 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. As of 2015, the village has a population of 4,908 and a population density of 25.20 persons per km2. The total area is 194.80 km2. History According to ''Chūzan Seikan'', the goddess Amamikyu consecrated the first utaki in Asa Forest at Hedo, in what is now Kunigami; the forest is also mentioned in ''Omoro Sōshi''. Ceramics from the Jōmon-period resemble those found in the Amami Islands. ''Chūzan Seikan'' records the prayers of the Kunigami council for the recovery of Shō Sei after an abortive attempt to occupy Amami Ōshima in 1537, while ''Kyūyō'' recounts the appointment of the son of the Kunigami Oyakata as ''aji'' after the successful takeover of the Amami Islands by Shō Gen in 1571. Kunigami District was established in 1896 and, upon the ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokuzan High School
, also known as before the 18th century, located in the north of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century during Sanzan period. The political entity was identified as a tiny country, a kingdom, or a principality by modern historians, however the ruler of Hokuzan was in fact not "kings" at all, but petty lords with their own retainers owing their direct service, and their own estates. Okinawa, previously controlled by a number of local chieftains or lords, loosely bound by a paramount chieftain or king of the entire island, split into these three more solidly defined kingdoms within a few years after 1314; the Sanzan period thus began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1416 and Nanzan in 1429. After the unification of Ryukyu, Hokuzan became one of three nominal '' fu'' (, lit. "prefectures") of the Ryukyu Kingdom without administrative function. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginoza High School
is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013 the village had a population of 5,544 and a population density of 180 persons per km2. The total area of Ginoza is , and 50% of the land area of the village is used for United States military bases. Etymology The kanji for Ginoza (宜野座) mean "suitable field in which to sit". Geography Ginoza is located on the eastern coast of the middle of the island of Okinawa. The village is located on the backbone of mountains that run north to south on Okinawa Island, and slopes gently to a broad coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The Kanna Dam was completed in 1993. Neighboring municipalities Ginoza borders three municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture. *Nago *Kin *Onna Districts Ginoza is divided into six districts. * * * * * * History The area of present-day Ginoza was historically agricultural. The area was, however, used as a retreat for members of the Yukatchu artistocratic class of the Ryu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Prefectural Board Of Education
The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (沖縄県教育委員会) is the prefectural education agency of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. The board oversees municipal school districts in Okinawa and directly operates many high schools. Schools directly operated by the agency Itoman, Okinawa, Itoman * Itoman High School * Okisui High Schoolbr> Kunigami District, Okinawa, Kunigami District * Ginoza High School ( Ginoza) * Hentona High School ( Ogimi) * Hokuzan High School (Nakijin) * Motobu High School (Motobu) Nago * Nago High School * Hokubu Agricultural High Schoolbr>* Nago Technical High Schoolbr> Naha, Okinawa, Naha * Mawashi High School * Naha High School * Naha West High School * Naha Oroku High School * Shuri High School * Shuri East High School * Tomari High School * Naha International High School * Okinawa Technical High Schoolbr>* Naha Commercial High Schoolbr> Nakagami District, Okinawa, Nakagami District * Chatan High School ( Chatan) * Kadena High School ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iejima Airport
is located on the island of Iejima in Ie, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The runways were part of the Ie Shima Airfield complex built during World War II. In 2015, the government was planning for Iejima Airport to have a new terminal and to expand the runway to 2,000 meters in length to enable the airport to accommodate jet service. See also *Naval Base Okinawa Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, was and is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on the Okinawa Island of Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, an ... References External links Iejima Airport* Airports in Okinawa {{Okinawa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is Naha is located on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of Okinawa Prefecture. The modern city was officially founded on May 20, 1921. Before that, Naha had been for centuries one of the most important and populous sites in Okinawa. Naha is the political, economic and education center of Okinawa Prefecture. In the medieval and early modern periods, it was the commercial center of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Geography City center Central Naha consists of the Palette Kumoji shopping mall, the Okinawa Prefecture Office, Naha City Hall, and many banks and corporations, located at the west end of Kokusai-dōri, the city's main street. boasts a 1.6 kilometer (1 mile) long stretch of stores, restaurants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naha Airport
is a second class airport located west of the city hallAIS Japan in . It is Japan's seventh busiest airport and the primary air terminal for passengers and traveling to and from , Japan, and handles scheduled international traffic to Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and mainland China. The airport is also home to |
Onna, Okinawa
is a List of villages in Japan, village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013, the village had an estimated population of 10,443 and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area is . Unlike other areas of Japan, Onna has been in a sustained period of population growth in the post-war period. In 1965 the population of the village was 8,471, and by 2003 had grown to over 10,000 residents. Onna is the site of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, a research institute turned graduate university. History Onna was first established as Unna Magiri (恩納間切) in 1673 by the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879. In 1908, the Japanese government dissolved Unna Magiri and replaced it with Onna Village. The village is the site of the tomb of the Republic of China statesman Fang Chih, founder and Chairman of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association. Geography Onna is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
