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{{Short description|Dissolved municipality in Okinawa prefecture, Japan}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=geo|上野村|date=April 2014}}

{{nihongo|'''Ueno'''|上野村|Ueno-son|[[Miyakoan language|Miyako]]: ''Uinu''}} was a [[List of villages of Japan|village]] located in [[Miyako District, Okinawa|Miyako District]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]. It was home to the [[Ueno German Culture Village]].

As of 2003, the village has an estimated [[population]] of 3,236 and a [[population density|density]] of 170.5 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 18.98&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

On October 1, 2005, Ueno, along with the city of [[Hirara, Okinawa|Hirara]], and the towns of [[Gusukube, Okinawa|Gusukube]], [[Irabu, Okinawa|Irabu]] and [[Shimoji, Okinawa|Shimoji]] (all from [[Miyako District, Okinawa|Miyako District]]), was merged to create the city of [[Miyakojima, Okinawa|Miyakojima]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=今年で合併１０周年／平良、城辺、下地、伊良部、上野 |url=https://www.miyakomainichi.com/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=宮古毎日新聞社ホームページ -宮古島の最新ニュースが満載！- |language=ja |archive-date=2023-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924031435/https://www.miyakomainichi.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Dissolved municipalities of Okinawa Prefecture]]


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