What the records say
- When
- 1972
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Ryukyu Islands
- Coordinates
- 26.30° N, 127.80° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 934176
- Area km2
- 848
- Gaining
- Japan
- Losing
- United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Ryukyu Islands
Japanese island chain
The Ryukyu Islands , also known as the Nansei Islands or the Ryukyu Arc , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan. Administratively, they are divided between Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture. The larger ones are mostly volcanic islands and the smaller mostly coral. The largest is Okinawa Island.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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- 第2次コザ事件17 Aug 1971 · Riot
- Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa17 Jun 1971 · Event
- 波上騒動11 Aug 1971 · Riot
- Koza riot20 Dec 1970 · Riot · Deaths 0
- Flying Tiger Line Flight 4527 Jul 1970 · Air disaster
- opening of Expo '75 in Okinawa20 Jul 1975 · Event
- 1968 Kadena Air Base B-52 crash19 Nov 1968 · Air disaster