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
那覇市 · Naha Ceety
Frae top left: Shuri Castle, Shureimon, Kokusai dōri, Kinjocho Ishidatami-michi, Central Naha
Frae top left: Shuri Castle, Shureimon, Kokusai dōri, Kinjocho Ishidatami-michi, Central Naha
Banner o Naha
Banner
Official logo of Naha
Location o Naha in Okinawa
Location o Naha in Okinawa
Naha is located in Japan
Naha
Naha
 
Coordinates: 26°12′44″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21222°N 127.67917°E / 26.21222; 127.67917Coordinates: 26°12′44″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21222°N 127.67917°E / 26.21222; 127.67917
KintraJapan
RegionKyūshū (Ryukyu)
PrefecturOkinawa
Govrenment
 • MayorMikiko Shiroma
Area
 • Core ceety38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi)
Population
 (1 Februar 2018)
 • Core ceety319,136
 • Density8179.56/km2 (21,185.0/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,179,627
 • Urban density2,464.9/km2 (6,384/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
- TreeFukugi
- FlouerBougainvillea
Phone number(098) 867-0111
AddressNaha-shi, Izumizaki 1-1-1
900-8585
WebsiteNaha 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

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Shureimon in Naha

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Naha is twinned wi:[2]

References

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  1. 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.
  2. "Naha Sister Cities". Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2007. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2012.
  3. "Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2012.
  4. International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities

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