Nakijin, Okinawa
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Nakijin
今帰仁村 Nachizin | |
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 Nakijin Village Office | |
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 Location of Nakijin in Okinawa Prefecture | |
  Nakijin Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 26°40′57″N 127°58′22″E / 26.68250°N 127.97278°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu (Okinawa) |
| Prefecture | Okinawa Prefecture |
| District | Kunigami |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hiroya Hisada |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi) |
| Population (August 1, 2024) | |
| • Total | 8,819 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Website | www |
Nakijin (今帰仁村, Nakijin-son, Kunigami: Nachizin, Okinawan: Nachijin, Northern Ryukyuan: いまきじり Imakijiri) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003[update], the village has an estimated population of 9,529 and a population density of 239.00 persons per km2. The total area is 39.87 km2.
Geography
[edit]Nakijin Village occupies the northern half of Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. It includes the island of Kouri that was linked to the island of Yagaji (belonging to Nago City) by a bridge in 2005 (Kouri-Ōhashi Bridge). Yagaji was linked to Nakijin Village by the Urumi-Ōhashi Bridge in 2010. The village is crossed by the Ōi-gawa River that runs northward to the East China Sea.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The village includes nineteen wards.[1]
- Amesoko (天底)
- Gogayama (呉我山)
- Heshiki (平敷)
- Imadomari (今泊), merger of Nakijin (今帰仁) and Oyadomari (親泊)
- Jana (謝名)
- Kamiunten (上運天)
- Kaneshi (兼次)
- Koechi (越地)
- Kouri (古宇利)
- Nakaoji (仲尾次)
- Nakasone (仲宗根)
- Sakiyama (崎山)
- Serikyaku (勢理客)
- Shoshi (諸志), merger of Shokita (諸喜田) and Shijima (志慶間)
- Tamashiro (玉城)
- Tokijin (渡喜仁)
- Unten (運天)
- Wakugawa (湧川)
- Yonamine (与那嶺)
Neighbouring municipalites
[edit]Education
[edit]The village operates its public elementary and junior high schools.
- Nakijin Junior High School (今帰仁中学校)[2]
- Amesoko Elementary School (天底小学校)[3]
- Kaneshi Elementary School (兼次小学校)[4]
- Nakijin Elementary School (今帰仁小学校)[5]
Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates Hokuzan High School.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Seiji Shimota, novelist
- Shun Medoruma, novelist
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "沖縄県 国頭郡今帰仁村の郵便番号 - 日本郵便". www.post.japanpost.jp. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Home". Nakijin Junior High School. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Home". Amesoko Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Home". Kaneshi Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Home". Nakijin Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Home". hokuzan-h.open.ed.jp.
External links
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Media related to Nakijin, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons- Nakijin official website (in Japanese)
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