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ID: 1001016
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1001016
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Okinawa (region (geographic))  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:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Okinawa (region (geographic))  ............  Okinawa (region (geographic)) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ryukyu Islands (island group)  ............  Ryukyu Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Okinawa (region (geographic))  ................  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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