Search Results for "Okinawa Prefecture"

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Search Results for “Okinawa Prefecture”

1) Ishigaki. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ishigaki, (eshe´gake) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 41,245) Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It is an agricultural center where sake and dried tuna are produced....

2) Okinawa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the...

3) Ryukyu Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Kagoshima prefecture), the Okinawa Islands, and the Sakishima Islands (both part of Okinawa prefecture). Okinawa is the largest and most important island of the...

4) Naha. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the Ryukyus, and when the island was returned to Japan in 1972, it became the capital of Okinawa prefecture. The name is also spelled Nafa and Nawa....

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