Kitanakagusuku (北中城村, Kitanakagusuku-son, Okinawan: キタナカグシク, romanized: Kitanakagushiku[1]) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 1 October 2020, the village has an estimated population of 17,969 and the density of 1,600 persons per km². The total area is 11.53 km². It is home to Nakagusuku Castle and the Nakagusuku Hotel ruins.
The village has quite a few centenarians.[2]
Education
The village has the following municipal schools:
- Kitanakagusuku Junior High School (北中城中学校)[3]
- Kitanagagusuku Elementary School (北中城小学校)[4]
- Shimabuku Elementary School (島袋小学校)[5]
The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates nearby high schools, and the following special schools in Kitanakagusuku:
- Okinawa Prefectural Okinawa School for the Deaf (沖縄県立沖縄ろう学校)
- Okinawa Kenritsu Hanasakishien School (沖縄県立はなさき支援学校)
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools in Camp Foster for children of American military personnel:
- Zukeran Elementary School[6]
- Kubasaki High School[7]
References
- ^ 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. 108. (in Japanese)
- ^ Four Japanese rules to live past 100 - BBC REEL. BBC. December 31, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Junior High School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Home". Kitanakagusuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Home". Shimabuku Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ https://zukeranes.dodea.edu/school-about-us
- ^ https://kubasakihs.dodea.edu
External links
- Media related to Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Kitanakagusuku official website (in Japanese)
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