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Okinawa

Okinawa City is the second-largest city in , , following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the central part of the island of , about 20 kilometres north of Naha.
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  • Type: City with 143,000 residents
  • Description: city in Okinawa prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Okinawa City”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Okinawa Arena and Okinawa city stadium.

Stadium
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The , also provisionally known as the Okinawa City Multi-Purpose Arena or Okinawa Suntory Arena, is an indoor arena in Okinawa, . It was opened in 2021 and is one of the venues of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Stadium
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Okinawa City is the second-largest city in , , following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the central part of the island of , about 20 kilometres north of Naha.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Okinawa and Kitanakagusuku.

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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 October 2020, the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km².

Town
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is a town located in , , . As of October 2016, the town had an estimated population of 13,671 and a density of 910 persons per km2.

Okinawa

Latitude
26.3344° or 26° 20′ 4″ north
Longitude
127.8057° or 127° 48′ 20″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
IATA airport code
OKA
United Nations Location Code
JP OKA
Open location code
7QR98RM4+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 568021174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1894616
Wiki­data ID
Q328615
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Okinawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة أوكيناوا”
  • Armenian: “Օկինավա (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Օկինավա”
  • Asturian: “Okinawa”
  • Basque: “Okinawa”
  • Bengali: “ওকিনাওয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Окинава”
  • Catalan: “Okinawa”
  • Cebuano: “Okinawa Shi”
  • Central Okinawan: “うちなー”
  • Central Okinawan: “沖縄市”
  • Chechen: “Окинава (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Окинава”
  • Chinese: “Okinawa-chhī”
  • Chinese: “冲绳”
  • Chinese: “冲绳市”
  • Chinese: “沖繩”
  • Chinese: “沖繩市”
  • Croatian: “Okinawa”
  • Czech: “Okinawa”
  • Danish: “Okinawa”
  • Dutch: “Okinawa”
  • Esperanto: “Okinavo”
  • Esperanto: “Okinavurbo”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo Okinavo”
  • Finnish: “Okinawa”
  • French: “Okinawa”
  • Galician: “Okinawa, Okinawa”
  • Galician: “Okinawa”
  • Georgian: “ოკინავა (ქალაქი)”
  • German: “Okinawa”
  • Greek: “Οκινάουα”
  • Gujarati: “ઓકિનાવા”
  • Hebrew: “אוקינאווה (עיר)”
  • Hindi: “ओकिनावा”
  • Hungarian: “Okinava”
  • Iban: “Okinawa”
  • Indonesian: “Okinawa”
  • Irish: “Okinawa”
  • Italian: “Okinawa”
  • Japanese: “Okinawa-shi”
  • Japanese: “おきなわし”
  • Japanese: “沖縄”
  • Japanese: “沖縄市”
  • Kannada: “ಓಕಿನಾವಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Окинава”
  • Korean: “오키나와 시”
  • Korean: “오키나와시”
  • Latvian: “Okinava”
  • Literary Chinese: “沖繩市”
  • Lithuanian: “Okinava”
  • Malay: “Okinawa”
  • Marathi: “ओकिनावा”
  • Mazanderani: “اوکیناوا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Okinawa-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Okinawa”
  • Norwegian: “Okinawa”
  • Persian: “اوکیناوا”
  • Polish: “Okinawa”
  • Portuguese: “Okinawa”
  • Romanian: “Okinawa, Japonia”
  • Romanian: “Okinawa”
  • Russian: “Окинава”
  • Serbian: “Okinava”
  • Serbian: “Окинава”
  • Serbian: “沖縄市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okinava, Okinava”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okinava”
  • Sinhala: “ඔකිනාවා”
  • Slovenian: “Okinava”
  • Spanish: “Okinawa”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Michezo wa Okinawa City”
  • Swedish: “Okinawa”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Okinawa”
  • Tagalog: “Okinawa”
  • Tajik: “Okinava”
  • Tajik: “Окинава”
  • Tamil: “ஒகினாவா”
  • Tatar: “Окинава”
  • Telugu: “ఒకినావా”
  • Thai: “โอกินาวะ”
  • Thai: “โอะกินะวะ”
  • Turkish: “Okinawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Окінава”
  • Urdu: “اوکیناوا”
  • Venetian: “Okinawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Okinawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Okinawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Okinawa, Okinawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Okinawa”
  • Yue Chinese: “沖繩市”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 沖縄市役所 and Okinawa City Office.

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