Okinawa Uno

Okinawa Uno, also called Colonia Okinawa or simply Okinawa, is a small city and municipality of Bolivia, located in Ignacio Warnes Province in Santa Cruz Department. The town is found 146 km northeast of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, between the Río Grande to the east and the Pailón River to the west. The municipality has a population of 12,482 inhabitants, according to the 2012 Bolivian census.[1]

Okinawa Uno
Okinawa Uno
Municipality
Welcome sign to Okinawa Uno
Welcome sign to Okinawa Uno
Okinawa Uno is located in Bolivia
Okinawa Uno
Okinawa Uno
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°13′08″S 62°53′43″W
Government
 • MayorRubén Darío Mercado Suárez
Population
 (2012)
 • Total12,482
Demonymokinawense
Time zoneUTC−04:00

History

The town was established by Okinawan immigrants after the end of the Second World War, and, during its peak in the mid-60s, consisted of 565 families and over 3,000 Okinawans in total.[2][3][4]

Demography
Year Population Source
2001 11 661 2001 Census[5][6]
2012 12 482 2012 Census[1]

Location map


See also

References
  1. "Listado de Comunidades" (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. 2014. Retrieved 12 Jan 2023.
  2. Miyahira & Petrucci (2015), p. 557.
  3. Mar 2014, Akemi Kikumura Yano / 14. "Bolivia - Migration Historical Overview". Discover Nikkei. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. "Okinawa, Bolivia". The World from PRX. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  5. "Okinawa Uno" (in Spanish). Instituto Cruceño de Estadística.
  6. "Plan de desarrollo municipal" (PDF) (in Spanish).

Sources
  • Miyahira, Katsuyuki; Petrucci, Peter R. (2015). "Uchinaaguchi as an online symbolic resource within and across the Okinawan diaspora". In Heinrich, Patrick; Miyara, Shinsho; Shimoji, Michinori (eds.). Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 553–573. doi:10.1515/9781614511151.553. ISBN 9781614511618.
  • Suzuki, Taku (2010). Embodying belonging: racializing Okinawan diaspora in Bolivia and Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 9780824833442. JSTOR j.ctt6wqxfx.
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