Ginowan (宜野湾市; -shi) is a city located in Okinawa, Japan. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese 沖縄県; Okinawan UchinÄ) is Japans southernmost prefecture, and consists of hundreds of islands known as The RyÅ«kyÅ« Islands or RyÅ«kyÅ«s, in an island chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from KyÅ«shÅ« (the southwesternmost of Japans main four islands) to...
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 88,318 and the density of 4,526.81 persons per km². The total area is 19.51 km². 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The city was founded on July 1, 1962. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Ginowan borders Chatan to the west, Okinawa City to the North, Urasoe to the south, and Nishihara to the east.
It's tourist attractions include two castle ruins.
Ginowan surrounds two major military installations (US Marine Corps bases), and a small US Army base.
Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Honto, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.
Okinawa is a major producer of sugar cane, pineapples, papayas and other tropical fruits.
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