Okinawa Island

E39085

island populated place

Okinawa Island is the largest and most populous island of Japan’s subtropical Ryukyu archipelago, known for its distinct Ryukyuan culture, beaches, and World War II history.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Okinawa Island canonical	96
Okinawa, Japan	16
Okinawa	9
Okinawa Islands	3
Okinawa main island	3
Central Okinawa Island	1
沖縄本島	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ populated place ⓘ
administeredBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
annexationYear	1879 ⓘ
annexedBy	Japan ⓘ
archipelago	Ryukyu Islands ⓘ surface form: Ryukyu archipelago
battleDate	1945 ⓘ
capital	Naha ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 1207 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAttraction	Cape Manzamo ⓘ Churaumi Aquarium ⓘ Gyokusendo Cave ⓘ Shuri Castle ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Japanese ⓘ Ryukyuan people ⓘ
hasLanguage	Japanese ⓘ Okinawan language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
hasPopulation	over 1,000,000 ⓘ
hasReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Ryukyuan religion ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
hosts	U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: United States military bases
isLargestOf	Ryukyu Islands ⓘ surface form: Okinawa Islands Ryukyu Islands by population ⓘ
knownFor	Ryukyuan culture ⓘ World War II history ⓘ beaches ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ subtropical climate ⓘ
largestCity	Naha ⓘ
length	approximately 106 kilometers ⓘ
locatedBetween	Kyushu ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
locatedIn	East China Sea ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
partOf	Japan ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
periodOfUSAdministration	1945–1972 ⓘ
reversionYear	1972 ⓘ
revertedTo	Japan ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+9 ⓘ
wasPartOf	Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
width	up to about 31 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (129)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryukyu Islands → hasLargestIsland → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyu Islands → hasUSMilitaryBases → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. → deathPlace → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Mitsuru Ushijima → placeOfDeath → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Naha → locatedOnIsland → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyuan people → historicalCenter → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Operation Iceberg → location → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Ryukyu Islands campaign → location → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Shuri → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawan Japanese → region → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawa Prefecture → hasIsland → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Miyako Islands → locatedBetween → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Japanese archipelago → hasMajorIsland → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Daitō Islands → locatedEastOf → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyu Arc → hasPart → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa Islands

Expo '75 → isLocatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

BB-36 → participatedInBattle → Okinawa Island ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Nevada

this entity surface form: Okinawa

University of the Ryukyus (nearby main campus in Nishihara, associated with Naha urban area) → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

subject surface form: University of the Ryukyus

Naha Tug-of-War Festival → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Naha Hari (dragon boat festival) → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Naha Hari

Camp Courtney → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Uruma, Okinawa, Japan → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Naminoue Shrine → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawa Urban Monorail → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

U.S. Navy Task Force 58 → operationalArea → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Shuri Castle → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Naha Airport → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Naha Airport → isPrimaryAirportFor → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa main island

長勇 → placeOfDeath → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: 沖縄本島

Naha Station → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Naha Air Base → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Tokara Strait → locatedNorthOf → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa Islands

Tenth United States Army → headquartersLocationDuringOkinawa → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa

Japan Transocean Air → serves → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa main island

Uchinanchu → populationCenter → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyuan bingata kimono → producedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyuan pottery → hasCenter → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Ryukyu Kingdom → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawan language → nativeTo → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawan language → region → Okinawa Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okinawa, Japan

Zakimi Castle → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu → associatedWith → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts → locatedOnIsland → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Kadena Air Base → location → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Camp Foster → location → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Camp Schwab → location → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Camp Hansen → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Sefa-utaki → locatedIn → Okinawa Island ⓘ

Itoman → locatedOn → Okinawa Island ⓘ