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Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa

is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

, the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 11.53&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It is home to Nakagusuku Castle and the Nakagusuku Hotel ruins.

The village has a large number of centenarians.

Geography

Kitanakagusuku Village is located in the central part of Okinawa Island, along the eastern coast, commanding Nakagusuku Bay. The U.S. military base Camp Foster occupies 14.2% of its area.

Administrative divisions

The village includes fourteen wards.

  • Adaniya ()
  • Atta ()
  • Chunjun ()
  • Higa ()
  • Kishaba ()
  • Misaki ()
  • Ogidō ()
  • Ōgusuku ()
  • Rycom ()
  • Shimabuku ()
  • Toguchi ()
  • Waniya ()
  • Yagibaru ()
  • Zukeran ()

Neighbouring municipalities

Education

The village has the following municipal schools:

  • Kitanakagusuku Junior High School ()
  • Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校)
  • Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校)

The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates nearby high schools, and the following special schools in Kitanakagusuku:

  • (沖縄県立沖縄ろう学校)
  • Okinawa Kenritsu Hanasakishien School (沖縄県立はなさき支援学校)

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools in Camp Foster for children of American military personnel:

Cultural Properties

  • Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

Cultural Properties

  • Nakamura Family Residence () (National)
  • Sanshin – Yuna Type (三線与那型) (Prefectural)

Folk Cultural Properties

  • Atta MāshirÄ« Tomb (熱田マーシリー) (Municipal)
  • Gan'yā Palanquin House of Kishaba (龕屋) (Prefectural)
  • Mākā-nu-utaki Sacred Site (マーカーの御嶽) (Municipal)
  • Niidukuru Hi-nu-kan (Fire God) (根所火の神) (Prefectural)
  • Ogidō HÄ«jā-gā Spring (荻道のヒージャーガー) (Prefectural)
  • Sanskrit Stele inscribed "Abiraunken" of Toguchi (渡口の梵字の碑「アビラウンケン」) (Prefectural)
  • Stone lion of Kishaba (喜舎場の石獅子) (Prefectural)
  • Toguchi-no-tera/ Wanama-no-tera Sacred Site (渡口のテラ) (Prefectural)
  • Tomb of Chunjun Ufushu (仲順大主の墓) (Prefectural)
  • Tomb of Prince Kishaba (喜舎場公の墓) (Municipal)

Historic Sites

  • Ii-no-utaki / Wana Ugan Praying Site (上の御嶽・和仁屋御願) (Municipal)
  • Kishaba Ufukā Spring (喜舎場のウフカー) (Municipal)
  • Nasu-no-Utaki Sacred Site (ナスの御嶽) (Municipal)
  • Ogidō Shell Mound () (National)
  • Ōgusuku Iri-nu-kā Spring (大城のイリヌカー) (Municipal)
  • Survey Stone of Toguchi (渡口の印部土手石 (ハル石)) (Municipal)
  • Tomb of Nakagusuku Wakamatsu (中城若松の墓) (Municipal)

References

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