Nakagusuku
Nakagusuku is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2024, the village has an estimated population of 22,647 and a density of 1,465 persons per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 16,500 residents
- Description: village in Nakagami district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Nakagusuku, Okinawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nakagusuku Castle Ruins and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Nakagusuku Castle Ruins
Archaeological site
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Nakagusuku Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku fortification located in the village of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan. 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. Nakagusuku Castle Ruins is situated 2½ km northeast of Nakagusuku.
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
Aerodrome
Photo: Suikotei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma or MCAS Futenma is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, 5 NM northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is situated 3½ km west of Nakagusuku.
Sakima Art Museum
Museum
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Sakima Art Museum is a private art museum that opened in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, 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 Kitanakagusuku and Nishihara.
Kitanakagusuku
Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitanakagusuku is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km². Kitanakagusuku is situated 4½ km north of Nakagusuku.
Nishihara
Town
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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 5 km southwest of Nakagusuku.
Central Okinawa
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Chatan is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016 the town had an estimated population of 28,578 and the density of 2,100 per km².
Nakagusuku
- Categories: village of Japan and locality
- Location: Nakagusuku Son, Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.2621° or 26° 15′ 44″ northLongitude
127.78971° or 127° 47′ 23″ eastPopulation
16,500Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
JP NAKOpen location code
7QR97Q6Q+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 650731099OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nakagusuku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناكاغوسوكو”
- Catalan: “Nakagusuku”
- Cebuano: “Nakagusuku Son”
- Central Okinawan: “中城村”
- Chinese: “中城村”
- Czech: “Nakagusuku”
- Dutch: “Nakagusuku”
- French: “Nakagusuku”
- German: “Nakagusuku”
- Hungarian: “Nakaguszuku”
- Indonesian: “Nakagusuku, Okinawa”
- Indonesian: “Nakagusuku”
- Irish: “Nakagusuku”
- Italian: “Nakagusuku”
- Japanese: “Nakagusuku-son”
- Japanese: “なかぐすくそん”
- Japanese: “中城”
- Japanese: “中城村”
- Korean: “나카구스쿠손”
- Korean: “나카구스쿠촌”
- Persian: “ناکاگوسوکو، اوکیناوا”
- Persian: “ناکاگوسوکو”
- Polish: “Nakagusuku”
- Portuguese: “Nakagusuku”
- Russian: “Накагусуку”
- Spanish: “Nakagusuku”
- Swedish: “Nakagusuku”
- Tagalog: “Nakagusuku, Okinawa”
- Tagalog: “Nakagusuku”
- Thai: “นากางูซูกุ”
- Turkish: “Nakagusuku-mura”
- Turkish: “Nakagusuku”
- Ukrainian: “Накаґусуку”
- Yue Chinese: “中城村”
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