Chinen, Okinawa
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was a village
located in Shimajiri District
, Okinawa
, Japan
.
On January 1, 2006, Chinen was merged with the town of Sashiki
, and the villages of Ōzato
and Tamagusuku
, all from Shimajiri District
, to form the new city of Nanjō
.
, the village had an estimated population
of 5,947 and a total area of 9.87 km², with a density
of 602.53 persons per km².
The village of Chinen was appropriated by a United States installation called Camp Chinen used to house Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) personnel and their families until it was exposed in The Pentagon Papers
. Its population grew during the United States stage of the Vietnam War
, when CIA employees were in Vietnam
and their families were lodged in Chinen.
Villages of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....
located in Shimajiri District
Shimajiri District, Okinawa
is a district located in Okinawa, Japan. Roughly translated, Shimajiri means "Butt of the island" which refers to its southerly position on the island of Okinawa. Compare this to Kunigami District, Okinawa....
, Okinawa
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
, Japan
Japan
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.
On January 1, 2006, Chinen was merged with the town of Sashiki
Sashiki, Okinawa
was a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Sashiki was merged with the villages of Chinen, Ōzato and Tamagusuku, all from Shimajiri District, to form the new city of Nanjō....
, and the villages of Ōzato
Ozato, Okinawa
was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Ōzato was merged with the town of Sashiki, and the villages of Chinen and Tamagusuku, all from Shimajiri District, to form the new city of Nanjō....
and Tamagusuku
Tamagusuku, Okinawa
was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Tamagusuku was merged with the town of Sashiki, and the villages of Chinen and Ōzato, all from Shimajiri District, to form the new city of Nanjō....
, all from Shimajiri District
Shimajiri District, Okinawa
is a district located in Okinawa, Japan. Roughly translated, Shimajiri means "Butt of the island" which refers to its southerly position on the island of Okinawa. Compare this to Kunigami District, Okinawa....
, to form the new city of Nanjō
Nanjo, Okinawa
is a city in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.It was formed on January 1, 2006, from the merger of the town of Sashiki, and the villages of Chinen, Ōzato and Tamagusuku, all from Shimajiri District....
.
, the village had an estimated population
Population
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of 5,947 and a total area of 9.87 km², with a density
Population density
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of 602.53 persons per km².
The village of Chinen was appropriated by a United States installation called Camp Chinen used to house Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
(CIA) personnel and their families until it was exposed in The Pentagon Papers
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967...
. Its population grew during the United States stage of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, when CIA employees were in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and their families were lodged in Chinen.