Uruma
Uruma City (うるま市, Uruma-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
It was formed on April 1, 2005, from the merger of the old cities of Gushikawa and Ishikawa, and the towns of Katsuren and Yonashiro, both from Nakagami District.[1]
The city name comes from an archaic alternate name for Okinawa in Okinawan, meaning coral (uru) + island (ma).
Geography
It is located near the center of Okinawa Island, facing east. It consists of Yokatsu Peninsula and the eight islands of Yokatsu Islands.
U.S. military bases
Famous people from Uruma
- Finger 5, musical group
- HY, band
- Manami Higa, actress
- Seijin Noborikawa, singer
- Takashi Chinen, gymnast
- Takato Toguchi, boxer
"o"sensei kichiro shimabuku, isshinryu karate
See also
1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash
References
- ^ 与那城村
External links
Media related to Uruma, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Template:En icon "City of Uruma official website". Retrieved 2007-04-17.
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