Editing Okinawa Prefecture (section)

===Major islands===
[[File:Map-okinawa-pref.png|thumb|upright=1.7|The islands of Okinawa Prefecture]]

The islands comprising the prefecture are the southern two thirds of the archipelago of the {{nihongo|Ryūkyū Islands|琉球諸島|Ryūkyū-shotō}}. Okinawa's inhabited islands are typically divided into three geographical archipelagos. From northeast to southwest:
* {{nihongo|[[Okinawa Islands]]|沖縄諸島|Okinawa-shotō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Iejima]]|伊江島|Iejima}}
** {{nihongo|[[Kumejima, Okinawa|Kume-jima]]|久米島町|Kumejima-chō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Okinawa Island]]|沖縄島|Okinawa-jima}}
** {{nihongo|[[Kerama Islands]]|慶良間諸島|Kerama-shotō}}
* {{nihongo|[[Miyako Islands]]|宮古列島|Miyako-rettō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Miyako-jima]]|宮古島|Miyako-jima}}
* {{nihongo|[[Yaeyama Islands]]|八重山列島|Yaeyama-rettō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Iriomote Island]]|西表島|Iriomote-jima}}
** {{nihongo|[[Ishigaki Island]]|石垣島|Ishigaki-jima}}
** {{nihongo|[[Yonaguni]]|与那国島|Yonaguni-jima}}
* {{nihongo|[[Senkaku Islands]]|尖閣諸島|Senkaku-shotō}}
* {{nihongo|[[Daitō Islands]]|大東諸島|Daitō-shotō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Minamidaitōjima]]|南大東島|Minami-Daitō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Kitadaitōjima]]|北大東島|Kita-Daitō}}
** {{nihongo|[[Okidaitōjima]]|沖大東島|Oki-Daitō}}