is a

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located in Kunigami District,

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. , the village has an estimated

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of 9,529 and a

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of 239.00 persons per km². The total area is 39.87 km².

Geography

Nakijin Village occupies the northern half of Motobu Peninsula on

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. It includes the island of Kouri that was linked to the island of Yagaji (belonging to Nago City) by a bridge in 2005 (Kouri-Ōhashi Bridge). Yagaji was linked to Nakijin Village by the Urumi-Ōhashi Bridge in 2010. The village is crossed by the Ōi-gawa River that runs northward to the

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Administrative divisions

The village includes nineteen wards. *Amesoko (天底) *Gogayama (呉我山) *Heshiki (平敷) *Imadomari (今泊), merger of Nakijin (今帰仁) and Oyadomari (親泊) *Jana (謝名) *Kamiunten (上運天) *Kaneshi (兼次) *Koechi (越地) *Kouri (古宇利) *Nakaoji (仲尾次) *Nakasone (仲宗根) *Sakiyama (崎山) *Serikyaku (勢理客) *Shoshi (諸志), merger of Shokita (諸喜田) and Shijima (志慶間) *Tamashiro (玉城) *Tokijin (渡喜仁) *Unten (運天) *Wakugawa (湧川) *Yonamine (与那嶺)

Neighbouring municipalites

* Motobu *

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Education

The village operates its public elementary and junior high schools. * Nakijin Junior High School ( 今帰仁中学校) * Amesoko Elementary School (天底小学校) * Kaneshi Elementary School (兼次小学校) * Nakijin Elementary School (今帰仁小学校)

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operates .

Notable people

* Shun Medoruma, novelist * Seiji Shimota, novelist

Cultural and natural assets

Nakijin Village hosts twenty-three designated or registered cultural properties and monuments, at the national, prefectural or municipal level. *Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

Cultural Properties

*Aoriyae Aji's magatama / Aoriyae Noro's magatama (あおりやえ按司曲玉/阿応理屋恵ノロの曲玉) (Prefectural) *Aragusuku Tokujo and Aragusuku Tokukō's warrants of appointment and related documents (新城徳助・徳幸宛辞令書及び関係資料) (Municipal) *Ichigusuku Tomb (イチグスク(池城)墓) (Municipal) Inscription with the history of the Wardens of Nakijin Castle, Sanhoku (:ja:山北今帰仁城監守来歴碑記) (Prefectural) *Jicchaku Noro's ritual implements (勢理客ノロの祭祀道具一式) (Municipal) *Kouri tūmiya lookout (古宇利トゥーミヤ(遠見台)) (Municipal) *Maps of Heshiki Village in Nakijin Magiri (今帰仁間切平敷村略図及び平敷村字図) (Municipal) *Maps of the villages in Nakijin Magiri, Kunigami District (国頭郡今帰仁間切各村全図及び字図) (Municipal) *Momojana-baka Tomb ( 百按司墓) (Municipal) *Nakagusuku Noro's ritual implements (中城ノロの祭祀道具一式) (Municipal) *Nakamura Gensei's warrant of appointment and related documents (仲村源正宛辞令書及び関係資料) (Municipal) * Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site (今帰仁城跡附シイナ城跡) (Prefectural) *Nakijin Noro's ritual implements (今帰仁ノロの祭祀道具一式) (Municipal) *Shokita Fukuan's warrant of appointment and related documents (諸喜田福安宛辞令書及び関係資料) (Municipal) *Ūnishi Tomb ( 大北墓) (Municipal)

Folk Cultural Properties

*Kami-asagi Sacred Site of Sakiyama (崎山の神ハザギ) (Municipal) *Letters Incinerator of Shoshi (諸志の焚字炉) (Municipal)

Historic Sites

*Nakabaru Maaui Hippodrome (今帰仁村仲原馬場) (Prefectural) * Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site (今帰仁城跡附シイナ城跡) (National)

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*Amamiku-nu-mui (アマミクヌムイ) (National) * Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site (今帰仁城跡附シイナ城跡) (Prefectural)

Natural Monuments

*Amesoko ''Thorea gaudichaudii'' algae (天底のシマチスジノリ) (Prefectural) *''Dendrolobium umbellatum'' community in Nakasone Kakihatabaru (Municipal) *Shoshi Utaki plant community (諸志御嶽の植物群落) (National) *Tropical almond tree ''Terminalia catappa'' of Imadomari (今泊のコバテイシ) (Prefectural)

Notes

External links

*
Nakijin official website
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