Kumemura was an Okinawan community of scholars, bureaucrats, and diplomats in the port city of Naha near the royal capital of Shuri, which was a center of culture and learning during the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kumemura is situated 4 km southwest of Kowan.

Naha

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Naha is the capital of the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan and is the main city on Okinawa Island. It has a population of around 317,000, which is about a quarter of the total population of the island.

Nishihara

Town

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Nishihara is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In the Okinawan language, nishi means "north", as Nishihara was north of the historical Ryukyuan capital of Shuri. Nishihara is situated 7 km southeast of Kowan.

Kowan

Type: Quarter
Also known as: “Kuwan” and “字小湾”
Category: locality
Location: Urasoe Shi, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

26.24817° or 26° 14′ 53″ north

Longitude

127.69255° or 127° 41′ 33″ east

Elevation

26 metres (85 feet)

Open location code

7QR96MXV+72

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8305978907

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

1857969

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Japanese: “こわん”
Japanese: “小湾”

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