Okinawa Island, officially Okinawa Main Island, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately 106 kilometres long, an average 11 kilometres wide, and has an area of 1,206.98 square kilometers. It is roughly 64…
Okinawa Island, officially Okinawa Main Island, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately 106 kilometres long, an average 11 kilometres wide, and has an area of 1,206.98 square kilometers. It is roughly 640 kilometres south of the main island of Kyushu and the rest of Japan. It is 500 km northeast of Taiwan. The total population of Okinawa Island is 1,384,762. The greater Naha area has roughly 800,000 residents, while the city itself has about 320,000 people. Naha is the seat of Okinawa Prefecture on the southwestern part of Okinawa Island. Okinawa has a humid subtropical climate.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Population: 1,466,870 (2022)
Archipelago: Ryukyu Islands
Area: 1,199 km² (463 sq mi) · as of 1 October 2018
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