Okinawa
smallest of the five main islands of Japan
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Summary
Okinawa is an island[1]. Okinawa ranks in the top 0.33% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,910 views/month, #24 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Okinawa Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[5], East China Sea[6]
- Commons category: Okinawa Island[7]
- Has part(s): Kunigami District[8], Nakagami District[9], Shimajiri District[10]
- Highest point: Mount Yonaha[11]
- Located in/on physical feature: Okinawa Islands[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Okinawa Island[13]
- Population: 1,224,726[14]
- Time of earliest written record: 753[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- Present in work: Remembrance[19], Nepenthe[20]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Okinawa Island[21]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Okinawa Island[22]
- Native label: 沖縄本島[23], 沖縄島[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Okinawa Island[25]
- Length: 106.6 km[26]
- Area: 1208.48 km²[27]
- Width: 31.2 km[28]
- Perimeter: 476 km[29]
- Connects with: Miyagi Island[30], Yagaji Island[31], Ōjima[32], Sesoko Island[33], Henza Island[34], Yabuchi Island[35], Ou Island[36], Senaga Island[37]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q136687539[38]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Okinawa Island[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Okinawa include Okinawa Prefecture[40], a prefecture of Japan[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1879[43] and Okinawa Islands[44], an island group[45], in Japan[46].
Why It Matters
Okinawa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Okinawa is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Okinawa include Okinawa Prefecture[40], a prefecture of Japan[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1879[43] and Okinawa Islands[44], an island group[45], in Japan[46].