The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (沖縄県教育委員会) is the prefectural education agency of
Okinawa Prefecture in
Japan
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The board oversees municipal school districts in Okinawa and directly operates many high schools.
Schools directly operated by the agency
Okinawa Island
is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has an ...
Ginowan
( ryu, ジノーン, translit=Jinōn) is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2012, the city has an estimated population of 94,405, with 40,041 households and a population density of 4,838.8 persons per km2. The total area is 19.5 ...
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Futenma High School
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Ginowan High School
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Chubu Commercial High Schoolbr>
Itoman, Okinawa, Itoman
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Itoman High School
''ʔIcuman'' is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The city occupies the southern tip of Okinawa Island. As of April 2013, the city has an estimated population of 59,605 and a population density of 1,335.53 persons per km². The to ...
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Okisui High Schoolbr>
Kunigami District, Okinawa, Kunigami District
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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 u ...
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Ginoza)
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Hentona High School (
Ogimi)
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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 co ...
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Nakijin
is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 9,529 and a population density of 239.00 persons per km2. The total area is 39.87 km2.
Education
The village o ...
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Motobu High School
is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 13,441 and a density of 250 persons per km2. The total area is .
Several islands can be accessed from Motobu, namely ...
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Motobu
is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 13,441 and a density of 250 persons per km2. The total area is .
Several islands can be accessed from Motobu, namel ...
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Nago
''Nagu'', Kunigami: ''Naguu'' is a city located in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 61,659 and a population density of 288 persons per km2. Its tota ...
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Nago High School
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Hokubu Agricultural High Schoolbr>
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Nago Technical High School
''Nagu'', Kunigami: ''Naguu'' is a city located in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 61,659 and a population density of 288 persons per km2. Its tota ...
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Naha, Okinawa, Naha
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Mawashi High School
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Naha High School
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 ...
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Naha West High School
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 ...
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Naha Oroku High School
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 ...
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Shuri High School
Shuri may refer to:
Places
* Shuri, Bhutan
* Shuri, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
* Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, former capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
** Shuri Castle, Japan, former palace of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
** Shuri Station, ...
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Shuri East High School
Shuri may refer to:
Places
* Shuri, Bhutan
* Shuri, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
* Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, former capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
** Shuri Castle, Japan, former palace of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
** Shuri Station, ...
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Tomari High School Tomari may refer to:
*Tomari, Russia, a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
**Tomari (crater), a crater on Mars, named after the town
*Tomari, Hokkaido, a village in Japan
*Tomari, Tottori, a village in Japan; dissolved in 2004
*Tomari, Okinawa, a neigh ...
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Naha International High School
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Okinawa Technical High Schoolbr>
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Naha Commercial High Schoolbr>
Nakagami District, Okinawa, Nakagami District
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Chatan High School (
Chatan)
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Kadena High School
is an American high school on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and is administered by the Department of Defense Education Activity. Opened in 1981, the school is for English-speaking American military subordinates. It ...
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Kitanakagusuku High School (
Kitanakagusuku)
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Nishihara High School (
Nishihara)
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Yomitan High School (
Yomitan
is a List of villages in Japan, village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
Yomitan is located on the western coast of the central part of Okinawa Island. The village is bound to th ...
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Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
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Koza High School
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Kyuyo High School
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Misato High School
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Misato Technical High Schoolbr>
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Mirai Technical High Schoolbr>
Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Shimajiri District
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Chinen High School (
Yonabaru)
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Haebaru High School (
Haebaru)
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Kaiho High Schoolbr>
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Haebaru)
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Koyo High School
Koyo may refer to:
* Kōyō, a masculine Japanese given name
* Koyo Electronics Corporation Limited, a Japanese electronics corporation
* Koyo language (disambiguation)
* Koyō, a French music producer
* Koyo (band), an American punk rock band
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Yaese, Okinawa, Yaese)
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Nanbu Technical High Schoolbr>
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Yaese, Okinawa, Yaese)
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Nanbu Commercial High Schoolbr>
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Yaese, Okinawa, Yaese)
Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Tomigusuku
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Tominan High School
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Tomishiro High School
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Nanbu Agricultural High Schoolbr>
Urasoe, Okinawa, Urasoe
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Urasoe High School
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Yomei High School
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Naha Technical High Schoolbr>
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Urasoe Technical High Schoolbr>
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Urasoe Commercial High Schoolbr>
Uruma, Okinawa, Uruma
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Ishikawa High School
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Maekawa High School
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Ushikawa High School
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Yokatsu High School
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Chubu Agricultural High Schoolbr>
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Gushikawa Commercial High School was a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Agena Castle was built here, and the city was founded in the 17th century as . After the Ryūkyū Kingdom was annexed by Japan and the Magiri system abolished, the area was renamed Gushikawa village ...
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Ishigaki, Okinawa, Ishigaki
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Ishigaki
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Yaeyama High School
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Yaeyama Agricultural High School Yaeyama may refer to:
* Yaeyama Islands, an archipelago in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
* Yaeyama District, Okinawa, an administrative division covering most of the Yaeyama Islands
* Yaeyama language
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Yaeyama Technical High Schoolbr>
Kumejima
is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The town consists of the islands of Kume, Ōjima, Ōhajima, Torishima, and Iōtorishima. Among the islands, only Kumejima and Ōjima are populated. Kumejima is located approx ...
Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Shimajiri District
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Kumejima High School (
Kumejima
is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The town consists of the islands of Kume, Ōjima, Ōhajima, Torishima, and Iōtorishima. Among the islands, only Kumejima and Ōjima are populated. Kumejima is located approx ...
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Miyako-jima
is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyakojima, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other populated island ...
Miyakojima
is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyakojima, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other populated islands. ...
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Miyako High School
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Shonan High Schoolbr>
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Miyako Agricultural High Schoolbr>
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Miyako Technical High Schoolbr>
Irabu
Miyakojima
is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyakojima, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other populated islands. ...
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Irabu High School
See also
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Department of Defense Education Activity - Operates public high schools for American citizen children who are dependents of U.S. military personnel in Okinawa.
External links
Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education
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Okinawa Prefecture
Prefectural school systems in Japan