It reads おきなわし — Okinawa Shi.
This place is one of 1,651 in Chimei, our Japan city game. Read the kanji, then pin it on the map.
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Okinawa City is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the central part of the island of Okinawa, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Naha. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 142,752 and a population density of 2,913.31 people per km2. The total area is 49.00 km2.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Okinawa.
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沖縄市 is read おきなわし (Okinawa Shi). It is a city in Okinawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Okinawa has a population of 142,094 across 50 km², making it the 173rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 2nd largest of the 41 in Okinawa.
The closest municipalities to Okinawa are Kitanakagusuku Son (4 km), Kadena Cho (6 km), Chatan Cho (6 km).