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Yonabaru Town
Okinawa Prefecture · Town
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Yonabaru Town, on the east coast of southern Okinawa Island facing Nakagusuku Bay, is the smallest municipality by area on Okinawa Island. Once a port for Yanbaru-sen sailing boats, it prospered as an east coast transport hub. The Great Tug-of-War is famous, and the tale of Untama Giru, a noble thief of Untamamui hill, is well known.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture
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