Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nanjō
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nanjo Montage.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top left: Utaki Purified, Kudaka Island, site of Tamagusuku Castle, Nirai-kanai Bridge, Gyokusen Cave
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Nanjo, Okinawa.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Nanjo, Okinawa.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Nanjo in Okinawa Prefecture Ja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Nanjo in Okinawa Prefecture
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Historical facts
- Geography
- Administrative divisions
- Surrounding municipalities
- Climate
- Tourism and culture
- Gusuku in Nanjō
- Beaches
- Cultural and natural assets
- [[Cultural Property (Japan)|Cultural Properties]]
- [[Cultural Property (Japan)#Folk Cultural Properties|Folk Cultural Properties]]
- [[Monuments of Japan#Designated monuments of Japan| Historic Sites]]
- [[Monuments of Japan#Designated monuments of Japan|Places of scenic beauty]]
- [[Monuments of Japan#Designated monuments of Japan|Natural Monuments]]
- Sister cities
- Access
- References
- External links
thumb|Nanjō city hall
is a city located in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Translated literally, the name Nanjō means "southern castle". Many castle ruins, called gusuku in the Okinawan language, can be found throughout the city. The modern city of Nanjō was established on January 1, 2006, from the merger of the town of Sashiki, and the villages of Chinen, Ōzato and Tamagusuku (all from Shimajiri District). Nanjō has an area of 49.94 km² and, on the date of its inception, a population of 46,690, and a density of 934.92 per km².