Kunigami District
Kunigami is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Roughly translated, kunigami means "head of the country", referring to its northern location on the island of Okinawa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Japan with 63,200 residents
- Description: district in Okinawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kunigami district”, “Kunigami District, Okinawa”, and “Kunjan-gun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Yonaha and Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center.
Mount Yonaha
Peak
Photo: Kugel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Yonaha is a mountain in Kunigami on the main island of Okinawa in Okinawa Prefecture. It has an elevation of 503 m, but Yonaha-dake triangulation station is located at the next peak of elevation of 498 m.
Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Camp Gonsalves is a U.S. Marine Corps jungle warfare training area located in northern Okinawa, Japan, across the villages of Kunigami and Higashi. Established in 1958, it is the largest U.S. training facility in Okinawa.
Aha Dam
Dam
Photo: Nelo Hotsuma, CC BY 2.0.
Aha Dam is a concrete gravity dam located in Okinawa prefecture of Japan. The dam is used to collect drinking water for water supply, irrigation and flood control. Aha Dam is situated 4½ km southeast of Kunigami District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kunigami.
Kunigami
Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunigami is a village in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It occupies the north tip of Okinawa Island, with the East China Sea to the west, Pacific Ocean to the east, and villages of Higashi and Ōgimi to the south. Kunigami is situated 6 km west of Kunigami District.
Kunigami District
- Location: Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kunigami District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كونيغامي”
- Catalan: “districte de Kunigami”
- Cebuano: “Kunigami-gun”
- Chinese: “国头郡”
- Chinese: “國頭郡”
- Czech: “okres Kunigami”
- Dutch: “District Kunigami”
- Dutch: “Kunigami”
- French: “district de Kunigami”
- French: “District de Kunigami”
- French: “Kunigami-gun”
- German: “Kunigami”
- Hungarian: “Kunigami körzet”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Kunigami, Okinawa”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Kunigami”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kunigami”
- Japanese: “国頭郡”
- Korean: “구니가미군”
- Polish: “Powiat Kunigami”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Kunigami”
- Russian: “Округ Кунигами”
- Serbian: “Област Кунигами”
- Slovenian: “Kunigami”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Kunigami”
- Thai: “อำเภอคูนิงามิ”
- Ukrainian: “Повіт Куніґамі”
- Vietnamese: “Huyện Kunigami, Okinawa”
- Vietnamese: “Huyện Kunigami”
- Yue Chinese: “國頭郡”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tsurakashi and Yona.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt. Terukubi and Funkawa Dam.
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