Haebaru, Okinawa

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Name=Haebaru
JapaneseName=南風原町
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Region=Kyūshū
Prefecture=Okinawa
District=Shimajiri
Area_km2=10.72
PopDate= March 1, 2008
Population= 34,586
Density_km2=3226.31
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CityHallPostalCode=901-1195
CityHallAddress= 686 Aza Kanegusuku, Haebaru-chō, Shimajiri-gun
CityHallPhone=098-889-4415
CityHallLink= [http://www.town.haebaru.okinawa.jp/ Haebaru official website] in Japanese

nihongo|Haebaru南風原町|Haebaru-chō is a town located in Shimajiri district, Okinawa, Japan.

As of 2005, the town has an estimated population of 34,020 and a density of 3174 persons per km². The total area is 10.72 km². Haebaru is home to many of the island's pachinko parlors. Haebaru is also the birth place of Ultraman, a fictional television character that wrestles with giant monsters and grows to giant size as well. It is a very busy little town with the closest expressway access from Naha itself and it is right next to Naha too creating a non stop flow of people coming and going. It's a great place to live and work.

In June, 2007 Haebaru opened to the public a dug-out bunker used as a military hospital during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.