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ID: 1001016
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1001016
Record Type:
administrative
Okinawa (region (geographic))
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 00 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.0000
decimal degrees
Long: 126 00 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 126.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Region comprising the southern Ryukyu islands, the largest of which is Okinawa island. The region is coextensive with the prefecture of the same name.
Names:
Okinawa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Ryukyu
(
C
,
V
)
Ryukyu region
(
C
,
O
,
display
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Japan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Okinawa
(region (geographic)) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Japan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ryukyu Islands
(island group) (
P
)
................
Okinawa
(region (geographic)) (
P
)
Place Types:
region (geographic) (
preferred
,
C
)
region (administrative division) (
H
)
Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....
Okinawa Prefecture
.......... (prefecture)
..................................
(World, Asia, Japan) [7004299]
Sources and Contributors:
Okinawa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
475
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ryukyu..........
[
VP
]
.................
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
630 ff.
.................
Britannica Book of the Year (1994)
638 ff.
Ryukyu region..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
630 ff.
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1994)
638 ff.
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
475
..................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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