Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
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Kitanakagusuku
北中城村 | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 26°18′4″N 127°47′35″E / 26.30111°N 127.79306°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kyushu |
Prefecture | Okinawa Prefecture |
District | Nakagami |
Area | |
• Total | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) |
Population (October 1, 2020) | |
• Total | 17,969 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
Website | www |
Kitanakagusuku (北中城村, Kitanakagusuku-son, Okinawan: キタナカグシク, romanized: Kitanakagushiku[1]) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 1 October 2020[update], the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density 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 centenarians.[2]
Geography
[edit]Kitanakagusuku Village is located in the central part of Okinawa Island, along the eastern coast, commanding Nakagusuku Bay. The U.S. military base Camp Foster occupies 14.2% of its area.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The village includes fourteen wards.[3]
- 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
[edit]Education
[edit]The village has the following municipal schools:
- Kitanakagusuku Junior High School (北中城中学校)[4]
- Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校)[5]
- Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校)[6]
The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates nearby high schools, and the following special schools in Kitanakagusuku:
- Okinawa Prefectural Okinawa School for the Deaf (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 Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools in Camp Foster for children of American military personnel:
- Zukeran Elementary School[7]
- Kubasaki High School[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 滝原康盛 Takihara Yasumori. 沖縄語会話集 日本語・沖縄語・ローマ字付き Okinawago Kaiwashū: Nihongo, Okinawago, Rōmaji-tsuki. (Okinawan Conversation Collection: Japanese, Okinawan, Romaji.) 那覇:沖縄芸能出版 Naha: Okinawa Geinō Shuppan. Heisei 6 (1994). p. 108. (in Japanese)
- ^ Four Japanese rules to live past 100 - BBC REEL. BBC. December 31, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "沖縄県 中頭郡北中城村の郵便番号 - 日本郵便". www.post.japanpost.jp. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Junior High School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Home". Shimabuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ https://zukeranes.dodea.edu/school-about-us [bare URL]
- ^ https://kubasakihs.dodea.edu [bare URL]
External links
[edit]- Media related to Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Kitanakagusuku official website (in Japanese)