Uken
Uken is a village located on Amami Ōshima, in Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2020, the village had an estimated population of 1,621 and a population density of 15.73 persons per km2. The total area was 103.07 km2.- Type: Village with 1,720 residents
- Description: village in Ōshima district, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Uken-mura”, “Укэн”, “ยาเกอูจิ”, and “焼内村”
Places of Interest
Highlights: 村立田検中学校.
Uken
- Categories: village of Japan and locality
- Location: Uken Son, Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.28079° or 28° 16′ 51″ north
Longitude
129.29709° or 129° 17′ 50″ east
Population
1,720
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JP UKN
Open location code
7QWF77JW+8R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Uken” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوكين”
- Cebuano: “Uken Son”
- Chinese: “宇检村”
- Chinese: “宇檢村”
- Czech: “Uken”
- Dutch: “Uken”
- French: “Uken”
- German: “Uken”
- Hungarian: “Uken”
- Irish: “Uken”
- Italian: “Uken”
- Japanese: “Uken-son”
- Japanese: “うけんそん”
- Japanese: “宇検”
- Japanese: “宇検村”
- Korean: “우켄손”
- Korean: “우켄촌”
- Persian: “اوکن”
- Polish: “Uken”
- Portuguese: “Uken”
- Russian: “Укен”
- Spanish: “Uken”
- Tagalog: “Uken, Kagoshima”
- Tagalog: “Uken”
- Thai: “อูเก็ง”
- Turkish: “Uken”
- Ukrainian: “Укен”
- Urdu: “اوکین”
- Vietnamese: “Uken”
- Yue Chinese: “宇檢村”
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Places to explore: Yuwan and Taken.
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Highlights: 宇検村役場 and 宇検郵便局.
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