Nishihara

Nishihara is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In the Okinawan language, nishi method "north" in popular Japanese, however, it manner "west", as Nishihara changed into north of the historic Ryukyuan capital of Shuri. As of October 2016, the metropolis had an envisioned populace of 34,463 and a density of 2,200 humans in keeping with km². The general location is 15.84 rectangular kilometres. Situated 10 kilometres northeast of the city hall of Naha, Nishihara is surrounded with the aid of the cities, towns, and villages of Naha, Urasoe, Ginowan, Haebaru, Yonabaru, and Nakagusuku.

Because each the University of the Ryukyus and the Okinawa Christian Junior College are placed in Nishihara, and the Okinawa International University is located close by, Nishihara's municipal slogan is "Education Town. Nishihara changed into a part of the Nishibaru magiri, one of the magiri, or administrative gadgets created prior to the established order of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The magiri become administered from the former village of Kochi in a later period the administrative center was placed in the former village of Unaga.