Japan
Okinawa
Shimajiri District

Haebaru

Haebaru is a town located in , , . As of 2025, the town has an estimated population of 41,585 and a density of 3,865 persons per km2.
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  • Type: Town with 34,600 residents
  • Description: town in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Haebaru Cho”, “Haebaru Town”, “Haebaru-mura”, “Haebaru-son”, “Haebaru, Okinawa”, and “Hiebara-mura”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shuri Castle and Shikinaen Royal Garden.

Castle
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in the historic district of , the capital of , . Between 1429 and 1879, it was the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, before becoming largely neglected.

Park
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The gardens of Shikina-en are located on a small hill to the south of in Naha, Okinawa. The residence and its gardens are also known as Sicina nu udun or Nanen, as opposed to Tooen or Ucajaudun, laid out on a small hill east of Shuri Castle in 1677.

City gate
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is a gate in the neighborhood of Naha, the capital of , . It was the second of 's main gates. Now it is the main gate to the castle complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naha and Yaese.

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

Town
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is a town located in , , . was formed on January 1, 2006 by a merger between the town of and the village of . is situated 4 km south of Haebaru.

Town
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is a town located in , , . In the Okinawan language, nishi means "north", as was north of the historical Ryukyuan capital of . is situated 4½ km northeast of Haebaru.

Haebaru

Latitude
26.1912° or 26° 11′ 28″ north
Longitude
127.7286° or 127° 43′ 43″ east
Population
34,600
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
7QR95PRH+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 650720776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1863425
Wiki­data ID
Q1206308
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Haebaru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هايبارو”
  • Asturian: “Haebaru”
  • Catalan: “Haebaru”
  • Cebuano: “Haebaru Chō”
  • Central Okinawan: “南風原町”
  • Chinese: “南風原町”
  • Chinese: “南风原町”
  • Czech: “Haebaru”
  • Dutch: “Haebaru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هايبارو”
  • French: “Haebaru”
  • German: “Haebaru”
  • Hungarian: “Haebaru”
  • Indonesian: “Haebaru, Okinawa”
  • Indonesian: “Haebaru”
  • Irish: “Haebaru”
  • Italian: “Haebaru”
  • Japanese: “Haebaru-chō”
  • Japanese: “はえばるちょう”
  • Japanese: “ハエバルチョウ”
  • Japanese: “南風原村”
  • Japanese: “南風原町”
  • Korean: “하에바루정”
  • Korean: “하에바루초”
  • Malay: “Haebaru, Okinawa”
  • Malay: “Haebaru”
  • Persian: “هائه‌بارو، اوکیناوا”
  • Persian: “هائه‌بارو”
  • Polish: “Haebaru”
  • Portuguese: “Haebaru”
  • Russian: “Хаэбару”
  • Spanish: “Haebaru”
  • Swedish: “Haebaru”
  • Tagalog: “Haebaru, Okinawa”
  • Tagalog: “Haebaru”
  • Thai: “ฮาเอบารุ”
  • Turkish: “Haebaru”
  • Ukrainian: “Хаебару”
  • Yue Chinese: “南風原町”

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