Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa

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Village in Kyushu, Japan

Kitanakagusuku

北中城村

Village

Kitanakagusuku Village Office

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Location of Kitanakagusuku in Okinawa Prefecture

Kitanakagusuku

Coordinates: 26°18′4″N 127°47′35″E﻿ / ﻿26.30111°N 127.79306°E﻿ / 26.30111; 127.79306
Country| Japan
Region| Kyushu
Prefecture| Okinawa Prefecture
District| Nakagami
Area

• Total

| 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population

(October 1, 2020)

• Total

| 17,969
• Density| 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+09:00 (JST)
Website| www.vill.kitanakagusuku.lg.jp

Kitanakagusuku (北中城村, Kitanakagusuku-son, Okinawan: キタナカグシク, romanized: Kitanakagushiku[1]) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of 1 October 2020[update], the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km². The total area is 11.53 km². It is home to Nakagusuku Castle and the Nakagusuku Hotel ruins.

The village has quite a few centenarians.[2]

## Geography

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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

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The village includes fourteen wards.[3]

* Adaniya (安谷屋)
* Atta (熱田)
* Chunjun (仲順)
* Higa (比嘉)
* Kishaba (喜舎場)
* Misaki (美崎)
* Ogidō (荻道)
* Ōgusuku (大城)
* Rycom (ライカム)
* Shimabuku (島袋)
* Toguchi (渡口)
* Waniya (和仁屋)
* Yagibaru (屋宜原)
* Zukeran (瑞慶覧)

### Neighbouring municipalities

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* Chatan
* Ginowan
* Nakagusuku
* Okinawa

## Education

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The village has the following municipal schools:

* Kitanakagusuku Junior High School (北中城中学校)[4]
* Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校)[5]
* Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校)[6]

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

* Okinawa Prefectural Okinawa School for the Deaf [ja] (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:

* Zukeran Elementary School[7]
* Kubasaki High School[8]

## Cultural Properties

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* Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

### Cultural Properties

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* Nakamura Family Residence (中村家住宅) (National)
* Sanshin - Yuna Type (三線与那型) (Prefectural)

### Folk Cultural Properties

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* Atta Māshirī 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 Hījā-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

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* 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 (荻堂貝塚) (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) [9]

## References

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1. ^ 滝原康盛 Takihara Yasumori. 沖縄語会話集 日本語・沖縄語・ローマ字付き Okinawago Kaiwashū: Nihongo, Okinawago, Rōmaji-tsuki. (Okinawan Conversation Collection: Japanese, Okinawan, Romaji.) 那覇:沖縄芸能出版 Naha: Okinawa Geinō Shuppan. Heisei 6 (1994). p. 108. (in Japanese)
2. ^ Four Japanese rules to live past 100 - BBC REEL. BBC. December 31, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
3. ^ "沖縄県 中頭郡北中城村の郵便番号 - 日本郵便". www.post.japanpost.jp. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
4. ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Junior High School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
5. ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
6. ^ "Home". Shimabuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
7. ^ https://zukeranes.dodea.edu/school-about-us [bare URL]
8. ^ https://kubasakihs.dodea.edu [bare URL]
9. ^ "北中城村について". 沖縄県北中城村観光情報サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-07.

## External links

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* Media related to Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
* Kitanakagusuku official website (in Japanese)

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* Yomitan
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