Ishikawa, Okinawa

Flag of Ishikawa City.

Ishikawa City as seen from Mount Ishikawa.

A view of Ishikawa City below Iha Castle.

Ishikawa Powerplant seen from Ishikawa Beach.

Ishikawa (石川市, Ishikawa-shi) was a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 26, 1945. It was named after the nearby Mount Ishikawa and the Ishikawa River.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 22,126 and a density of 1,052.12 persons per km². The total area was 21.03 km².

On April 1, 2005, Ishikawa, along with the city of Gushikawa, and the towns of Katsuren and Yonashiro (both from Nakagami District), was merged to create the city of Uruma.

External links

City of Ishikawa website (archives)
Uruma official website

Coordinates: 26°25′34″N 127°49′19″E / 26.426°N 127.822°E / 26.426; 127.822

Okinawa Prefecture

Cities	Ginowan Ishigaki Itoman Miyakojima Nago Naha (capital) Nanjō Okinawa Tomigusuku Urasoe Uruma

Districts	Kunigami Miyako Nakagami Shimajiri Yaeyama

Towns	Chatan Haebaru Kadena Kin Kumejima Motobu Nishihara Taketomi Yaese Yonabaru Yonaguni

Villages	Aguni Ginoza Higashi Ie Iheya Izena Kitadaitō Kitanakagusuku Kunigami Minamidaitō Nakagusuku Nakijin Onna Ōgimi Tarama Tonaki Yomitan Tokashiki Zamami

Hydrographic	Cape Hedo Cape Irizaki Henoko Bay Kokuba River Lake Man Miyako Strait Nakagusuku Bay

Authority control	VIAF: 251733588 NDL: 00284802

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