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Tomigusuku-son, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Tomigusuku-sonCity
Naha CityDistrict
Okinawa PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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PlacePopulation
Tomigusuku55,715 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
276483
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:276483:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Tomigusuku (豊見城市, Tomigusuku-shi, Okinawan: トゥミグシク, Romanized: Tumigushiku) is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The total area is 19.25 km².

On April 1, 2002, the administrative status of Tomigusuku was changed from village (Japanese: 村; son) to city (Japanese: 市; shi). Until then, it had been the largest village in Japan.

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Manganese Oxides'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Ryukyu10.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Shimajiri111.608 - 2.588 Ma (Cenozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Balaenopteridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Parotodus benedenii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Parotodus : Parotodus benedenii11.608 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomigusuku,_Okinawa
Wikidata ID:Q371446
GeoNames ID:1850107

Localities in this Region

  • Okinawa Prefecture
    • Naha City

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