Okinawa Ken Postal code

People in Okinawa Prefecture live on the Ryukyu Islands, which are part of the country of Japan. There are 1,457,162 people living in Okinawa Prefecture, which is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture in Japan. It has a land area of 2,281 km2. In Okinawa Prefecture, Naha is the capital and the largest city. Other major cities are Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe; these are also called "big cities." Okinawa Prefecture covers two-thirds of the Ryukyu Islands, which are made up of the Okinawa, Dait, and Sakishima groups. It goes from the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to Taiwan (Hualien and Yilan Counties). Okinawa Island, the largest island in Okinawa Prefecture, is home to most of the people in Okinawa. Okinawa Prefecture is home to the Ryukyuan people, who also live on the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture. A part of Okinawa Prefecture was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 until 1609, when Japan invaded Ryukyu and took over the area. Okinawa Prefecture was created by the Empire of Japan in 1879 after seven years as the Ryukyu Domain, which was the last domain in the Han system. It was created by the Empire of Japan in 1879. During the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II, the United States took over Okinawa Prefecture. It was run by the Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands from 1945 to 1950, and then by the Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands from 1950 to 1972. Okinawa Prefecture is only 0.6 percent of Japan's total land area, but about 26,000 (75 percent) of United States Forces Japan personnel live there. The U.S. military presence in Okinawa is a hot-button issue.