Oroku | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan |
Coordinates: | 26.1875°N 127.6685°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kyushu |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Extinct Title: | Merged |
Extinct Date: | 1 September 1954 (now part of Naha) |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 11.1 |
Timezone1: | JST |
Utc Offset1: | +09:00 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City hall address |
is a district on the southern edge of the city of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan. It was formerly a village independent from Naha, but it was incorporated into the city in 1954.[1] The village hosted an airfield used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service beginning in 1933.[2] A base, presumably the former Navy Air base, was held by the US military in the village until Okinawa was returned to Japan. After the installation was handed over, it was converted into a base for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.[3]