Higashi

Higashi is a village located in , , . As of 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,683 and a population density of 21 persons per km2. The total area is 81.79 km2.
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  • Type: Village with 1,880 residents
  • Description: village in Kunigami district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Agaarijimaa”, “Agarijima”, “Heira”, “Higashi, Okinawa”, “Taira”, and “Teera”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ogimi.

Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan, known as part of the Yanbaru region — a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. The village sits between lush subtropical forest and the East China Sea, and is famous for its longevity: it has one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

Higashi

Latitude
26.63335° or 26° 38′ north
Longitude
128.15676° or 128° 9′ 24″ east
Population
1,880
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7QRCJ5M4+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 653740812
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1851230
Wiki­data ID
Q1202988
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Higashi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيغاشي”
  • Catalan: “Higashi”
  • Cebuano: “Higashi Son”
  • Central Okinawan: “東村”
  • Chinese: “东村”
  • Chinese: “東村”
  • Czech: “Higaši”
  • Danish: “Higashi”
  • Dutch: “Higashi”
  • French: “Higashi”
  • German: “Higashi”
  • Hungarian: “Higasi”
  • Indonesian: “Higashi, Okinawa”
  • Indonesian: “Higashi”
  • Irish: “Higashi”
  • Italian: “Higashi”
  • Japanese: “Higashi-son”
  • Japanese: “たいら”
  • Japanese: “ひがしそん”
  • Japanese: “平良”
  • Japanese: “東村”
  • Korean: “히가시손”
  • Korean: “히가시촌”
  • Persian: “هیگاشی”
  • Polish: “Higashi”
  • Portuguese: “Higashi”
  • Russian: “Хигаси”
  • Slovenian: “Higaši”
  • Spanish: “Higashi”
  • Tagalog: “Higashi, Okinawa”
  • Tagalog: “Higashi”
  • Tagalog: “Higasyi”
  • Thai: “ฮิงาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Higashi-mura”
  • Turkish: “Higashi, Okinawa”
  • Turkish: “Higashi”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіґасі”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіґаші”
  • Urdu: “ہیگاشی، اوکیناوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi, Okinawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi”
  • Yue Chinese: “東村 (沖繩)”

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