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Ginowan Shi

Ginowan

Ginowan is a city located in , . As of 2024, the city has an estimated population of 100,319, with 47,490 households and a population density of 5,142 persons per km2.
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  • Type: City with 88,300 residents
  • Description: city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Chinōn”, “Ginowan, Okinawa”, and “Jinōn”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nakagusuku Castle Ruins and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Archaeological site
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Nakagusuku Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku fortification located in the village of , . It is known for being the best-preserved of any gusuku ruins, and the six courtyards of this fortress with stacked stone walls make it a prime example of a gusuku.

Aerodrome
Photo: Suikotei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or MCAS Futenma is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, 5 NM northeast of , on the island of .

Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
is a private art museum that opened in Ginowan, , Japan in 1994. The collection includes The Battle of Okimawa by Iri and Toshi Maruki, and works by Käthe Kollwitz, Georges Rouault, Yayoi Kusama, and Ueno Makoto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Okinawa and Nakagusuku.

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Chatan is a town located in , , . As of October 2016 the town had an estimated population of 28,578 and the density of 2,100 per km².

Village
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is a village located in , , . As of 1 August 2024, the village has an estimated population of 22,647 and a density of 1,465 persons per km2.

Village
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is a village located in , , . As of 1 October 2020, the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km².

Ginowan

Latitude
26.2815° or 26° 16′ 53″ north
Longitude
127.7785° or 127° 46′ 43″ east
Population
88,300
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP GNW
Open location code
7QR97QJH+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 568021714
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1863627
Wiki­data ID
Q592065
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ginowan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غينوان، أوكيناوا”
  • Arabic: “غينوان”
  • Asturian: “Ginowan”
  • Bengali: “জিনোওয়ান”
  • Catalan: “Ginowan”
  • Cebuano: “Ginowan Shi”
  • Cebuano: “Ginowan”
  • Central Okinawan: “ぎぬわん”
  • Central Okinawan: “ジノーン”
  • Central Okinawan: “宜野湾市”
  • Chechen: “Гинован”
  • Chinese: “Ginowan-chhī”
  • Chinese: “宜野湾市”
  • Chinese: “宜野灣”
  • Chinese: “宜野灣市”
  • Czech: “Ginowan”
  • Danish: “Ginowan”
  • Dutch: “Ginowan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جينوان”
  • Esperanto: “Ginowan”
  • Finnish: “Ginowan”
  • French: “Ginowan”
  • Galician: “Ginowan”
  • German: “Ginowan”
  • Greek: “Τζινοβάν”
  • Gujarati: “જીનોવાન”
  • Hebrew: “גינוואן”
  • Hindi: “जीनोवान”
  • Hungarian: “Ginovan”
  • Indonesian: “Ginowan, Okinawa”
  • Indonesian: “Ginowan”
  • Irish: “Ginowan”
  • Italian: “Ginowan”
  • Japanese: “Ginowan-shi”
  • Japanese: “ぎのわん”
  • Japanese: “ぎのわんし”
  • Japanese: “宜野湾”
  • Japanese: “宜野湾市”
  • Japanese: “宜野湾村”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿನೋವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “기노완 시”
  • Korean: “기노완시”
  • Latvian: “Ginovana”
  • Literary Chinese: “宜野灣市”
  • Lithuanian: “Ginovanas”
  • Malagasy: “Ginowan”
  • Malay: “Ginowan, Okinawa”
  • Malay: “Ginowan”
  • Marathi: “जीनोवन”
  • Mazanderani: “گینووان، اوکیناوا”
  • Mazanderani: “گینووان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ginowan-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ginowan”
  • Persian: “گینووان، اوکیناوا”
  • Persian: “گینووان”
  • Polish: “Ginowan”
  • Portuguese: “Ginowan”
  • Romanian: “Ginowan”
  • Russian: “Гинован”
  • Sinhala: “ගිනොවන්”
  • Spanish: “Ginowan”
  • Swedish: “Ginowan”
  • Tagalog: “Ginowan”
  • Tajik: “Гинован”
  • Tamil: “கினோவான்”
  • Tatar: “Гинован”
  • Telugu: “జినోవాన్”
  • Thai: “กิโนวัง”
  • Tumbuka: “Ginowan”
  • Turkish: “Ginowan”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґінован”
  • Urdu: “جینووان”
  • Uzbek: “Ginowan”
  • Vietnamese: “Ginowan, Okinawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ginowan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ginowan, Okinawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ginowan”
  • Yue Chinese: “宜野灣”

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Highlights include Ginowan City Office and Ginowan city community hall.

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