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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Okinawa Prefecture, Ryukyuan people, Ryukyuan languages, Kadena Air Base, History of the Ryukyu Islands, Ry ky Kingdom, Mudan Incident of 1871, Amami Islands, Ryukyan festivals and observances, List of monarchs of Ryukyu Islands, University of the Ryukyus, Ch zan, Taiwan Expedition of 1874, Sakishima Islands, Pechin, United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Ry ky independence movement, Okinawa Island, Nanzan, Shimazu clan, Hokuzan, Yoronjima, Cactus Ridge, Amami shima, Iriomote, Kikai Caldera, sumi Islands, Miyako-jima, Nakanoshima, Ishigaki Island, Kuchinoerabujima, Yaeyama Islands, Kaid glyphs, Akusekijima, Kuchinoshima, Shimazu Tadatsune, Hatoma, 1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash, Genealogy of the Sh Dynasties, Gusuku, Seifa-utaki, Suwanosejima, Hateruma, Taketomi, Miyako Islands, Okinawa Islands, Yukka Nu Hii, International Association of Ryukyuan and Okinawan Studies, Ikemajima, Ryukyu Trench, Sanzan period, Yokoatejima, Sanba, Okinoerabujima, Shimojishima, Ryukyu Islands legislative election, 1968, Ryukyu Islands legislative election, 1962, Minnajima. Excerpt: Okinawa Prefecture Japanese: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken) is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Ky sh (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Mandarin: Diaoyu Islands) are administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture. The oldest evidence of human existence in the Ryukyu islands was discovered in Naha and Yaese. Some human bone fragments from the Paleolithic era were unearthed, but there is no clear evidence of Paleolithic remains. Japanese J mon influences are dominant in the Okinawa Islands, a...
