Naha

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Japanese name
Hiragana	なは
Katakana	ナハ
Kyūjitai	那霸
Shinjitai	那覇
Transcriptions Romanization Naha

Naha (那覇市, Naha-shi, Okinawan: Naafa) is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.^[1]

Naha is in the southern part of the largest island in the Ryukyu Island archipelago.^[2]

Once the capital of Ryukyu Kingdom was situated and its palace Shurijo rest. In 1879, Okinawa Prefecture was established; and Naha was made its capital city.^[1]

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Naha

• http://www.city.naha.okinawa.jp/en/livingguide/ Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
• Geographic data related to Naha at OpenStreetMap

26°12′44″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21222°N 127.67917°E / 26.21222; 127.67917

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