Tomigusuku, Okinawa

Tomigusuku
豊見城市
Tumigushiku
Tomigusuku City Montage
Tomigusuku City Montage
Flag of Tomigusuku
Official seal of Tomigusuku
Location of Tomigusuku in Okinawa Prefecture
Location of Tomigusuku in Okinawa Prefecture
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Tomigusuku is located in Japan
Tomigusuku
Tomigusuku
 
Coordinates: 26°9′40″N 127°40′8″E / 26.16111°N 127.66889°E / 26.16111; 127.66889
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureOkinawa Prefecture
Government
 • MayorTsuguto Tokumoto
Area
 • Total
19.60 km2 (7.57 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2020)
 • Total
64,612
 • Density3,297/km2 (8,540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Address854-1, Aza Onaga, Tomigusuku-shi 901-0292
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.city.tomigusuku.okinawa.jp(in Japanese)
Symbols
FlowerBougainvillea
TreeEbony

Tomigusuku (豊見城市, Tomigusuku-shi, Okinawan: トゥミグシク, romanized: Tumigushiku[1]) is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 64,612 and a population density of 3,297 persons per km2.[2] The total area is 19.25 km2.

On April 1, 2002, the administrative status of Tomigusuku was changed from village (Japanese: 村; son) to city (Japanese: 市; shi). Until then it had been the largest village in Japan.

  1. ^ 滝原康盛 Takihara Yasumori. 沖縄語会話集 日本語・沖縄語・ローマ字付き Okinawago Kaiwashū: Nihongo, Okinawago, Rōmaji-tsuki. (Okinawan Conversation Collection: Japanese, Okinawan, Romaji.) 那覇:沖縄芸能出版 Naha: Okinawa Geinō Shuppan. Heisei 6 (1994). p. 107. (in Japanese)
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