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'''Okinawa Uno''', also called {{lang|es|'''Colonia Okinawa'''}} or simply '''Okinawa''', is a small city in Bolivia, located in the municipality of the same name, and in Ignacio Warnes Province in Santa Cruz Department. The town is between the Río Grande to the east and the Pailón River to the west.
== History == The town of Okinawa I was established by Okinawan immigrants after the end of the Second World War, and during its peak in the mid-1960s consisted of 565 families and over 3,000 Okinawans in total.{{Sfnp|Miyahira|Petrucci|2015|p=557}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mar 2014 |first=Akemi Kikumura Yano / 14 |title=Bolivia - Migration Historical Overview |url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2014/3/14/bolivia/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Discover Nikkei |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Okinawa, Bolivia |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2009-07-06/okinawa-bolivia |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=The World from PRX |language=en}}</ref>
The municipality was established on 6 April 1991, separating it from Warnes Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Bolivia: Ley Nº 1837, 6 de abril de 1991| access-date = 2026-05-11| date = 1991| url = https://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-1837.html}}</ref>
== Demography == {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Population ! Source |- | 2001 | 11,661 | 2001 Census |- | 2012 | 12,482 | 2012 Census |- |2024 |10,508 |2024 census |- | colspan="3" |Source: {{Cite Q|Q139668018}}. Urban totals for Okinawa Uno municipality. |} *
== Location map == <mapframe latitude="-17.217708" longitude="-62.893896" zoom="13" width="200" height="125" align="left" /> {{Clear}}
== See also == * Bolivia–Japan relations
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== Sources == {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Miyahira |first=Katsuyuki |last2=Petrucci |first2=Peter R. |date=2015 |chapter=Uchinaaguchi as an online symbolic resource within and across the Okinawan diaspora |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=553–573 |isbn=9781614511618 |doi=10.1515/9781614511151.553 |title=Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages |editor-last=Heinrich |editor-first=Patrick |editor-last2=Miyara |editor-first2=Shinsho |editor-last3=Shimoji |editor-first3=Michinori}} * {{cite book |last1=Suzuki |first1=Taku |title=Embodying Belonging: Racializing Okinawan Diaspora in Bolivia and Japan |date=2010 |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |location=Honolulu |isbn=9780824833442 |jstor=j.ctt6wqxfx}} {{refend}}
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Category:Populated places in Santa Cruz Department Category:Bolivia–Japan relations