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[[File:Okinawa-battlemap.jpg|right|thumb|380px|Map of the Battle of Okinawa at Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu]]
*''Japanese'': 沖縄島 ''(Okinawajima)'', 沖縄本島 ''(Okinawa hontou)''
Okinawa Island is the largest and most populous island in [[Okinawa prefecture]] and in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]]. It is home to [[Naha]], the current prefectural capital and former chief port of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and [[Shuri]], the former royal capital of the Kingdom, today a part of Naha City.
Okinawa has an average annual rainfall of 87.5 inches, with a lush sub-tropical climate year-round, and experiences monsoons and typhoons in summer through autumn.
The island covers a land area of 748 sq miles, and average population density on the island is 2,630 people per square mile.<ref>[[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 8.</ref> For comparison, the island of O'ahu (home to Honolulu) has a population density around 1500 people per square mile, and a land area of 604 sq miles.<ref>''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52, 99.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
*''Japanese'': 沖縄島 ''(Okinawajima)'', 沖縄本島 ''(Okinawa hontou)''
Okinawa Island is the largest and most populous island in [[Okinawa prefecture]] and in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]]. It is home to [[Naha]], the current prefectural capital and former chief port of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and [[Shuri]], the former royal capital of the Kingdom, today a part of Naha City.
Okinawa has an average annual rainfall of 87.5 inches, with a lush sub-tropical climate year-round, and experiences monsoons and typhoons in summer through autumn.
The island covers a land area of 748 sq miles, and average population density on the island is 2,630 people per square mile.<ref>[[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 8.</ref> For comparison, the island of O'ahu (home to Honolulu) has a population density around 1500 people per square mile, and a land area of 604 sq miles.<ref>''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52, 99.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]