Hiji
Hiji is a quarter in Kunigami Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa. Hiji is situated nearby to the quarter Okuma, as well as near Hanji.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kunigami and Ogimi.
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.
Ogimi
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Ogimi 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.
Hiji
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Fuhiji”, “Hichi”, and “字比地”
- Category: locality
- Location: Kunigami Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.72737° or 26° 43′ 39″ northLongitude
128.17777° or 128° 10′ 40″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
7QRCP5GH+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8301590113OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1862690
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In Other Languages
“Hiji” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ひじ”
- Japanese: “ひぢ”
- Japanese: “比地”
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