Okinawa Prefecture
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Region | Kyushu |
| Island | Okinawa, Daitō and Sakishima |
| Capital | Naha |
| Subdivisions | Districts: 5, Municipalities: 41 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Denny Tamaki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,280.98 km2 (880.69 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 44th |
| Population (June 1, 2019) | |
| • Total | 1,451,965 |
| • Rank | 27th |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | JP-47 |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Okinawa woodpecker(Sapheopipo noguchii) |
| Fish | Banana fish (Pterocaesio diagramma, "takasago", "gurukun") |
| Flower | Deego (Erythrina variegata) |
| Tree | Pinus luchuensis("ryūkyūmatsu") |
Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: ウチナー Uchinaa,Kunigami: フチナー Fuchinaa) is the southernmost prefecture of Japan. It encompasses two thirds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long. The Ryukyu Islands extend southwest from Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyushu (the southwesternmost of Japan's four main islands) to Taiwan. Naha, Okinawa's capital, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island.
Although Okinawa Prefecture comprises just 0.6 percent of Japan's total land mass, about 75 percent of all United States military personnel stationed in Japan are assigned to installations in the prefecture. Currently about 26,000 U.S. troops are based in the prefecture.
The indigenous people of Okinawa Prefecture are the Ryukyuan people, comprising the Okinawan, Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni subgroups. The Amami people, who are another Ryukyuan subgroup, live in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture.
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