Okinawa

Summary

Okinawa is an island^[1]. Okinawa ranks in the top 0.33% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,101 views/month, #24 of 7,296).^[2]

Key Facts

• Okinawa is located in Okinawa Prefecture^[3].
• Okinawa is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Okinawa is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Okinawa is on the body of water East China Sea^[6].
• Okinawa's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Okinawa's Commons category is recorded as Okinawa Island^[8].
• Okinawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[9].
• Okinawa comprises Kunigami District^[10].
• Okinawa comprises Nakagami District^[11].
• Okinawa comprises Shimajiri District^[12].
• Okinawa's highest point is recorded as Mount Yonaha^[13].
• Okinawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.483333333333, 'lon': 127.95}^[14].
• Okinawa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Okinawa Islands^[15].
• Okinawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Okinawa Island^[16].
• Okinawa has a population of {'amount': '+1224726'}^[17].
• Okinawa's time of earliest written record is recorded as 753^[18].
• Okinawa's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 26.875555555556, 'lon': 128.25777777778}^[19].
• Okinawa's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 26.074444444444, 'lon': 127.67694444444}^[20].
• Okinawa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Okinawa's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Okinawa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Okinawa's present in work is recorded as Remembrance^[24].
• Okinawa's present in work is recorded as Nepenthe^[25].
• Okinawa's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Okinawa Island^[26].
• Okinawa's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Okinawa Island^[27].

Body

Geography

Okinawa is in the country of Japan^[4]. Okinawa is located in Okinawa Prefecture^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean^[5], an ocean^[28] and East China Sea^[6], a marginal sea^[29], in People's Republic of China^[30].

Physical Characteristics

Okinawa covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1208.48'}^[31]. Okinawa's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+106.6'}^[32]. Okinawa has a population of {'amount': '+1224726'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Okinawa's instance of is recorded as island^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Okinawa include Okinawa Prefecture^[33], a prefecture of Japan^[34], in Japan^[35], founded in 1879^[36] and Okinawa Islands^[37], an island group^[38], in Japan^[39].

Why It Matters

Okinawa ranks in the top 0.33% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,101 views/month, #24 of 7,296).^[2] Okinawa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Okinawa is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Okinawa include Okinawa Prefecture^[33], a prefecture of Japan^[34], in Japan^[35], founded in 1879^[36] and Okinawa Islands^[37], an island group^[38], in Japan^[39].