Ie (Kunigami: ˀiː; Japanese: 伊江村 -son) is a village located in Kunigami district, Okinawa, Japan. The village lies on the island of Iejima. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Kunigami (国頭郡; -gun) is a district located in Okinawa, Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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... Ie-shima (伊江島 -island) is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. ...
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,128 and the density of 225.41 persons per km². The total area is 22.75 km². Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ...
Consequently, the central east sector of Ie became by far the strongest area; the western part of the island was merely outposted and mined.
For five days after Ie Shima was declared secure, elements of the 77th mopped up remaining groups of the enemy, sealed caves, destroyed pillboxes, marked or removed the thousands of mines that were still on the island, and buried the dead.
As expected, Ie Shima proved to be an ideal base for the support of operations on Okinawa and for preparing later attacks on the Japanese homeland.
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