Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
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Template:Nihongo is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Template:As of, 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.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col
- 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
Education
The village has the following municipal schools:
- Kitanakagusuku Junior High School (北中城中学校)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates nearby high schools, and the following special schools in Kitanakagusuku:
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- 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<ref>https://zukeranes.dodea.edu/school-about-us Template:Bare URL inline</ref>
- Kubasaki High School<ref>https://kubasakihs.dodea.edu Template:Bare URL inline</ref>
Cultural Properties
- Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)
- Nakamura Family Residence (中村家住宅) (National)
- Sanshin - Yuna Type (三線与那型) (Prefectural)
- 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)
- 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) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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