Chinen
Chinen was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 5,947 and a density of 602.53 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: dissolved municipality in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Chinen-son”, “Chinen-Yoshitomi”, “Chinen, Okinawa”, “Chinin”, “Kutekin”, and “知念字吉富”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sefa-utaki and Chinen Castle Ruins.
Sefa-utaki
Place of worship
Sefa-utaki, meaning "purified place of Utaki," is a historical sacred space, overlooking Kudaka Island, that served as one of the key locations of worship in the native religion of the Ryukyuan people for millennia.
Chinen Castle Ruins
Archaeological site
Chinen Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku in Nanjō, Okinawa. It is the second oldest castle in the Ryukyu Islands. The ruins consist of the old castle to the east being made out of rock and the other newer castle to the west being made out of ashlar masonry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yonabaru and Nishihara.
Yonabaru
Town
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yonabaru is a town in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located at the southern end of Okinawa Island, on the east coast, overlooking Nakagusuku Bay. Yonabaru is situated 7 km northwest of Chinen.
Nishihara
Town
Photo: Lequios-star, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 9 km northwest of Chinen.
Haebaru
Town
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haebaru is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 37,874 and a density of 3,500 persons per km2. Haebaru is situated 9 km west of Chinen.
Chinen
- Categories: dissolved municipality of Japan and locality
- Location: Nanjō Shi, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.16711° or 26° 10′ 2″ northLongitude
127.81915° or 127° 49′ 9″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
7QR95R89+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8308034164OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Korean—“Chinen” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Činen”
- French: “Chinen”
- Irish: “Chinen”
- Japanese: “ちねんよしとみ”
- Japanese: “知念”
- Japanese: “知念吉富”
- Japanese: “知念村”
- Korean: “지넨촌”
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