Naha
caipital ceety o Okinawa, Japan
(Reguidit frae Naha, Okinawa)
Naha (那覇市 Naha-shi, Okinawan: Naafa) is the caipital ceety o the Japanese prefectur o Okinawa.
Naha 那覇 Naafa | |
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那覇市 · Naha Ceety | |
Frae top left: Shuri Castle, Shureimon, Kokusai dōri, Kinjocho Ishidatami-michi, Central Naha | |
Location o Naha in Okinawa | |
Coordinates: 26°12′44″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21222°N 127.67917°ECoordinates: 26°12′44″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21222°N 127.67917°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kyūshū (Ryukyu) |
Prefectur | Okinawa |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Mikiko Shiroma |
Area | |
• Core ceety | 38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi) |
Population (1 Februar 2018) | |
• Core ceety | 319,136 |
• Density | 8179.56/km2 (21,185.0/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,179,627 |
• Urban density | 2,464.9/km2 (6,384/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
- Tree | Fukugi |
- Flouer | Bougainvillea |
Phone number | (098) 867-0111 |
Address | Naha-shi, Izumizaki 1-1-1 900-8585 |
Website | Naha official website in Japanese |
Naha is a coastal ceety locatit on the East Cheenae Sea coast o the soothren pairt o Okinawa Island, the lairgest o Okinawa Prefectur. The modren ceety wis offeecially foondit on 20 Mey 1921, but prior tae that Naha haed awready been for centuries ane o the maist important an populous steids in Okinawa.
Naha is the poleetical, economic an educational centre o Okinawa Prefectur. In the medieval an early modren periods,[1] it wis the commercial centre o the Ryūkyū Kinrick an aw.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
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References
eedit- ↑ Specifically, the medieval period o Okinawan history, referred tae as ko-ryūkyū (古琉球, lit. "Auld Ryukyu") in Japanese, extends frae roughly the 12t century till the Invasion o Ryukyu bi Japanese forces in 1609. The early modren period extends frae that year till roughly 1879, the year the Ryukyu Kinrick wis abolished an replacit wi Okinawa Prefectur.
- ↑ "Naha Sister Cities". Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2007. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2012.
- ↑ "Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2012.
- ↑ International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities
Freemit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Naha, Okinawa. |
- Naha offeecial wabsteid Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Naha offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)
- Naha-te Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine - explains oreegin o Naha-te, the mairtial airt frae Naha