Photo: File:Nakabaru Historic Site 2.jpg by Hideyuki KAMON
File:Bulls Ishikawa, Okinawa 2007.jpg by Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavac, / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Uruma City
Okinawa Prefecture · City
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Uruma City, on the east coast of central Okinawa Island, has the 3rd-largest population in the prefecture. The ruins of Katsuren Castle on the Katsuren Peninsula are a World Heritage Site, and the Kaichu Road causeway links islands such as Henza Island and Miyagi Island. Henza Island and others have oil stockpiling bases, and the city is known for bullfighting.
Key facts
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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