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Tottori (鳥取市, Tottori-shi) is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 200,974 and a density of 262.48 persons per km². The total area is 765.66 km².
Within Japan the...
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Tsu (津市, Tsu-shi) is the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located on Ise Bay.
Tsu originally developed as a castle town. During the Edo era, it became a popular stopping point for travelers to Ise shrine, about 40 km to the southeast. The old...
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| x Shizuoka |
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Shizuoka (静岡市, Shizuoka-shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city").
As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 717,515 and the density of 508 persons per km²...
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| x Yokohama |
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Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama's...
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| x Morioka |
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Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 300,740 and the density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km².
Morioka was founded in 1597 by Nobunao,...
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| x Akita |
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Akita (秋田市, Akita-shi) is the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.
As of June 1, 2007, with the merger of the former Kawabe District (including the former towns of Kawabe and Yūwa), the city has an estimated population of...
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| x Kagoshima |
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Kagoshima (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for its...
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| x Kumamoto |
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Kumamoto (熊本市, Kumamoto-shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. Greater Kumamoto (ja:熊本都市圏) has a population of 1,460,000, as of the 2000 Census. It is never considered part of the Fukuoka-Kitakyushu...
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| x Saga |
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Saga (佐賀市, Saga-shi) is the capital of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan.
Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and largest city of former Hizen Province.
On October 1, 2005, the city expanded through merger...
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| x Kobe |
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Kobe (神戸市, Kōbe-shi) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million. The city is located in the Kansai region of Japan and is part of the...
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| x Chiba |
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Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960...
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| x Nagasaki |
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Nagasaki (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It was formerly part of Nishisonogi District....
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Toyama (富山市, Toyama-shi) is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan on the island of Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo.
Historically, Toyama was the...
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| x Nagano |
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Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi), the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.
As of July 1, 2006, the city had an...
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| x Matsuyama |
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Matsuyama (松山市, Matsuyama-shi) is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dōgo Plain. Its name means "pine tree mountain." The city was founded on December 15, 1889.
The...
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| x Miyazaki |
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Miyazaki (宮崎市, Miyazaki-shi) is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan.
The city was founded on April 1, 1924. On January 1, 2006 the towns of Tano, Sadowara, and Takaoka merged into the city. As of this merger but...
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| x Otsu |
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Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga, Japan.
As of February 2007 the city has an estimated population of 329,355 with an average age of 40.7 years (15.42% of whom are under 15 and 16.81% are over 65) and a population density of 880.49...
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| x Kofu |
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Kōfu (甲府市, Kōfu-shi) is the capital city of Yamanashi, Japan.
As of March 1, 2006, the city now has an estimated population of 201,184. The total area is 212.41km².
Kōfu has been reputed through the years as a center where politics, economics, and...
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| x Yamagata |
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Yamagata (山形市; Yamagata-shi, lit. mountain shape) is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.
The famed temple of Yamadera (Ryushakuji) lies within the city limits, 15 minutes by train from the center.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated...
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| x Sendai |
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Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast) region. The city has a population of one million and is one of Japan's seventeen designated cities. The city was founded in 1600...
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| x Mito |
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Mito (水戸市, Mito-shi) is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a...
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| x Sapporo |
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Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi) listen (help·info) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.
Sapporo is best known outside...
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Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi) is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan.
Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers....
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Kōchi (高知市, Kōchi-shi) is the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.
Kōchi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population. As of May 31, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 341,860 and a density of...
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| x Gifu |
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Gifu (岐阜市, Gifu-shi) is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country....
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| x Aomori |
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Aomori (青森市, Aomori-shi) is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in Japan. The city faces the Tsugaru Strait via Mutsu Bay to the North and the Hakkōda Mountains to the South. It has the biggest seaport in the prefecture. Before the Seikan Tunnel...
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| x Utsunomiya |
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Utsunomiya (宇都宮市, Utsunomiya-shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In 2007, the city had an estimated population of 505,381 and a density of 1,212 persons per km². The total area is 416.84 km². The Greater...
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| x Nagoya |
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Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.
Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major...
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| x Yamaguchi |
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Yamaguchi (山口市, Yamaguchi-shi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is the smallest prefectural capital in Japan.
In 2004 the city had an estimated population of 191,195 and a population density of 261.82 persons per km². The total...
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| x Wakayama |
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Wakayama (和歌山市, Wakayama-shi) is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
Wakayama occupies 4% of the land area and has 40% of Wakayama prefecture's population. The city was founded on April 1, 1889.
The city population...
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| x Takamatsu |
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Takamatsu (高松市, Takamatsu-shi) is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government. It is a port city located on the Inland...
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Niigata (新潟市, Niigata-shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshū, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island.
With a long history as a port town,...
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| x Maebashi |
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Maebashi (前橋市, Maebashi-shi) is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
The city was founded on April 1, 1892, by the samurai Makuba Kawai. On December 5, 2004 the former town of Ōgo and former villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi from Seta District...
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Nara (奈良市, Nara-shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture. Eight temples, shrines and ruins in Nara, specifically Tōdai-ji,...
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| x Osaka |
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Osaka (大阪市, Ōsaka-shi) listen (help·info) is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.
Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law...
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| x Matsue |
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Matsue (松江市, Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 196,093 and the density of 369.84 persons per km². The total area is 530.21 km².
It is called the ...
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Tokushima (徳島市, Tokushima-shi) is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.
In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 267,343 and a density of 1,398.02 persons per km². Its total area is 191.23 km².
The city is...
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Kyoto (京都, Kyōto) (Japanese pronunciation: [kjoːto] ( listen)) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture...
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| x Fukuoka |
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Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyūshū in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea's Busan.
Voted number 16 in 2009's poll of the World's Most Livable...
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Fukushima (福島市, Fukushima-shi) is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai . Although the city is located inland, the prefecture has several Pacific ports...
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Okayama (岡山市, Okayama-shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of March 2007, the city has an estimated population of 698,946 and the density of 884.87 persons per km²....
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Fukui (福井市, Fukui-shi) is a city (Special city) located in the Hokuriku region within the Chūbu region of Japan, which is on Honshū island. It is the largest city and capital of Fukui Prefecture.
The city is located to the north of Lake Biwa, on the...
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Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It became the first city in history assaulted by nuclear armament...
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| x Naha |
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Naha (那覇市, Naha-shi, Okinawan: Nāfa) is the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. The modern city was officially founded on May 20, 1921, but prior to that Naha had already been for centuries one of the most important and populous...
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Saitama (さいたま市, Saitama-shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated...
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| x Hondo, Kumamoto |
Hondo (本渡市, Hondo-shi) was a city located in Kumamoto, Japan. On March 27, 2006 the city merged with eight towns from Amakusa District and the city of Ushibuka forming the new city of Amakusa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
As...
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| x Nomura, Ehime |
Nomura (野村町, Nomura-chō) was a town located in Higashiuwa District, Ehime, Japan. As of April 1, 2004 the town merged with the other 3 towns in the district and the town of Mikame (in neighboring Nishiuwa District) forming the city of Seiyo.
As of...
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| x Shimodate, Ibaraki |
Shimodate (下館市; -shi) was a city located in Ibaraki, Japan. On March 28, 2005 the city merged with three towns from Makabe District forming the new city of Chikusei. As of this merger, Shimodate no longer exists.
As of 2003, the city had an...
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| x Kaseda, Kagoshima |
Kaseda (加世田市; -shi) was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan. On November 7, 2005 the city merged with the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa, and Ooura from Kawanabe District and the town of Kinpō from the former Hioki District forming the city of...
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| x Kokubu, Kagoshima |
Kokubu (国分市; -shi) was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan. On November 7, 2005, the city merged with six towns from Aira District forming the city of Kirishima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
As of 2003, the city had an...
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| x Kunigami, Okinawa |
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Kunigami (Kunigami: kuɴzaɴ; Japanese: 国頭村 -son) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,629 and a population density of 28.90 persons per km². The total area is 194.80 km².
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| x Ogimi, Okinawa |
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Ōgimi (大宜味村, Ōgimi-son) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,308 and a population density of 52.41 persons per km². The total area is 63.12 km².
Several population works...
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| x Higashi, Okinawa |
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Higashi (東村, Higashi-son) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,876 and a population density of 22.94 persons per km². The total area is 81.79 km².
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| x Onna, Okinawa |
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Onna (恩納村, Onna-son) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 9,333 and a population density of 183.83 persons per km². The total area is 50.77 km².
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| x Ginoza, Okinawa |
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Ginoza (宜野座村, Ginoza-son) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,983 and a population density of 159.30 persons per km². The total area is 31.28 km².
Ginoza operates its...
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| x Ie, Okinawa |
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Ie (Japanese: 伊江村 ie-son; Kunigami pronunciation: [ˀiː]) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan. The village lies on the island of Iejima.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,128 and the density of 225.41...
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| x Yomitan, Okinawa |
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Yomitan (読谷村, Yomitan-son) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan. As of 30 September 2005, the village has an official population of 38,532, and a population density of 1,030 per km². The total area is 35.17 km².
The village has...
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| x Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa |
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Kitanakagusuku (北中城村, Kitanakagusuku-son) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 16,269 and the density of 1,411.01 persons per km². The total area is 11.53 km².
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| x Nakagusuku, Okinawa |
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Nakagusuku (中城村; Nakagusuku-son) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan.
As of 2008, the village has an estimated population of 16,462 and a density of 1,065 persons per km². The total area is 15.46 km².
The ruins of a fine gusuku...
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| x Gushikami, Okinawa |
Gushikami (具志頭村, Gushikami-son) was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan. On January 1, 2006, Gushikami merged with the town of Kochinda to form the town of Yaese
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 7,936 and a...
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