Okukubi Dam
The Okukubi Dam is a trapezoidal cemented, sand and gravel dam on the Okukubi River in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Construction began in 2009 and its reservoir was filled by 31 March 2013.Photo: NortyNort, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Kin, Okinawa
- Also known as: “Kin Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kin Town Baseball Stadium and Camp Hansen.
Kin Town Baseball Stadium
Pitch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kin Town Baseball Stadium is a pitch, which is situated 1 km east of Okukubi Dam.
Camp Hansen
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp is situated in the town of Kin, near the northern shore of Kin Bay, and is the second-northernmost major installation on Okinawa, with Camp Schwab to the north. Camp Hansen is situated 2 km southwest of Okukubi Dam.
Kin Kannonji temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Muramasa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kin Kannonji temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Okukubi Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kin and Ginoza.
Kin
Town
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kin is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 10,806 and a density of 290 persons per km2.
Ginoza
Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ginoza is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2022, the village had a population of 6,227. The total area of Ginoza is 31.28 square kilometres, around 50% of the land area of the village is used as the Central Training Area for the United States military. Ginoza is situated 4½ km northeast of Okukubi Dam.
Onna
Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Onna is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2020, the village had an estimated population of 10,869 and a population density of 210 people per km². Onna is situated 9 km northwest of Okukubi Dam.
Okukubi Dam
- Category: trapetsoid-shaped CSG dam
- Location: Kin Chō, Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.46494° or 26° 27′ 54″ northLongitude
127.93196° or 127° 55′ 55″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
7QR9FW7J+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 420015226OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Okukubi Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kin-damu”
- Italian: “diga di Okukubi”
- Japanese: “きんだむ”
- Japanese: “奥首ダム”
- Japanese: “金武ダム”
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