- Uruma, Okinawa
Infobox City Japan
Name= Uruma
JapaneseName= うるま市
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Region=Kyūshū
Prefecture= Okinawa
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Area_km2= 86.00
PopDate= June 1, 2005
Population= 113,070
Density_km2= 1315
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LatitudeDegrees= 26
LatitudeMinutes= 23
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LongtitudeDegrees= 127
LongtitudeMinutes= 51
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SymbolDescription= Flag
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CityHallPostalCode= 904-2292
CityHallAddress= 1-1-1 Midori-machi, Uruma-shi, Okinawa-ken
CityHallPhone= 098-974-3111
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.uruma.lg.jp/ City of Uruma] nihongo|Uruma City|うるま市|Uruma-shi is a city inOkinawa Prefecture ,Japan .It was formed on
April 1 ,2005 , from the merger of the cities of Gushikawa and Ishikawa, and the towns of Katsuren, and Yonashiro. [与那城村]The city name comes from an archaic alternate name for Okinawa in Okinawan, meaning coral ("uru") + island ("ma").
Geography
It is located near the center of
Okinawa Island , facing east. It consists ofYokatsu Peninsula and the eight islands ofYokatsu Islands .U.S. military bases
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Camp Courtney
*Camp McTureous
*White Beach References
External links
*en icon cite web|accessdate=2007-04-17|url=http://www.city.uruma.lg.jp/1/30.html|title=City of Uruma official website
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