is a

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located in Nakagami District,

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. , the village has an estimated

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of 17,969 and the

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of 1,600 persons per km². The total area is 11.53 km². It is home to Nakagusuku Castle and the Nakagusuku Hotel ruins. The village has quite a few

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Geography

Kitanakagusuku Village is located in the central part of

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, along the eastern coast, commanding

Nakagusuku Bay is a bay on the southern coast of Okinawa Island on the Pacific Ocean in Japan. The bay covers and ranges between to deep. The bay is surrounded by the municipalities of Uruma, Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Kitanakagusuku, Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Naka ...

. The U.S. military base

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occupies 14.2% of its area.

Administrative divisions

The village includes fourteen wards. *Adaniya (安谷屋) *Atta (熱田) *Chunjun (仲順) *Higa (比嘉) *Kishaba (喜舎場) *Misaki (美崎) *Ogidō (荻道) *Ōgusuku (大城) *Rycom (ライカム) *Shimabuku (島袋) *Toguchi (渡口) *Waniya (和仁屋) *Yagibaru (屋宜原) *Zukeran (瑞慶覧)

Neighbouring municipalities

* Chatan * Ginowan * Nakagusuku *

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Education

The village has the following municipal schools: * Kitanakagusuku Junior High School ( 北中城中学校) * Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校) * Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校) The

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operates nearby high schools, and the following special schools in Kitanakagusuku: * (沖縄県立沖縄ろう学校) * Okinawa Kenritsu Hanasakishien School (沖縄県立はなさき支援学校) The

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(DoDEA) operates schools in

for children of American military personnel: * Zukeran Elementary School *

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Cultural Properties

*Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

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*Nakamura Family Residence ( 中村家住宅) (National) *Sanshin - Yuna Type (三線与那型) (Prefectural)

Folk Cultural Properties

*Atta Māshirī Tomb (熱田マーシリー) (Municipal) *Gan'yā Palanquin House of Kishaba (龕屋) (Prefectural) *Mākā-nu-utaki Sacred Site (マーカーの御嶽) (Municipal) *Niidukuru Hi-nu-kan (Fire God) (根所火の神) (Prefectural) *Ogidō Hījā-gā Spring (荻道のヒージャーガー) (Prefectural) *Sanskrit Stele inscribed "Abiraunken" of Toguchi (渡口の梵字の碑「アビラウンケン」) (Prefectural) *Stone lion of Kishaba (喜舎場の石獅子) (Prefectural) *Toguchi-no-tera/ Wanama-no-tera Sacred Site (渡口のテラ) (Prefectural) *Tomb of Chunjun Ufushu (仲順大主の墓) (Prefectural) *Tomb of Prince Kishaba (喜舎場公の墓) (Municipal)

Historic Sites

*Ii-no-utaki / Wana Ugan Praying Site (上の御嶽・和仁屋御願) (Municipal) *Kishaba Ufukā Spring (喜舎場のウフカー) (Municipal) *Nasu-no-Utaki Sacred Site (ナスの御嶽) (Municipal) *Ogidō Shell Mound ( 荻堂貝塚) (National) *Ōgusuku Iri-nu-kā Spring (大城のイリヌカー) (Municipal) *Survey Stone of Toguchi (渡口の印部土手石 (ハル石)) (Municipal) *Tomb of Nakagusuku Wakamatsu (中城若松の墓) (Municipal)

References

External links

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Kitanakagusuku official website
Villages in Okinawa Prefecture {{Okinawa-geo-stub