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Okinawa Prefecture 沖縄県 | |
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| Japanese transcription(s) | |
| • Japanese | 沖縄県 |
| • Rōmaji | Okinawa-ken |
| Okinawan transcription(s) | |
| • Okinawan | ウチナー県 |
| • Rōmaji | Uchinaa-ken |
 Seembol | |
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| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kyūshū |
| Island | Okinawa |
| Caipital | Naha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Hirokazu Nakaima |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,271.30 km2 (876.95 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 44t |
| Population (December 1, 2008) | |
| • Total | 1,379,338 |
| • Rank | 32nd |
| • Density | 606/km2 (1,570/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | JP-47 |
| Destricts | 5 |
| Municipalities | 41 |
| Flouer | Deigo (Erythrina variegata) |
| Tree | Pinus luchuensis (ryūkyūmatsu) |
| Bird | Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii) |
| Fish | Banana Fish (Caesio diagramma,"Takasago", "Gurukun") |
| Website | www.pref.okinawa.jp/ english/ |
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Okinawa Prefectur (沖縄県 Japanese: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken) is ane o Japan's soothren prefecturs.[1] It consists o hunders o the Ryukyu Islands in a chain ower 1,000 kilometre (620 mi) lang, which extends soothwast frae Kyūshū (the soothwastmaist o Japan's main fower islands) tae Taiwan. Okinawa's caipital, Naha, is locatit in the soothren pairt o Okinawa Island.[2] The disputit Senkaku Islands (Mandarin: Diaoyu Islands) are admeenistered as pairt o Okinawa Prefectur.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Okinawa-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 746-747 at Google Books.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Naha" in p. 686 at Google Books.