N'ihe dị ka narị afọ nke iri na anọ, obere ngalaba ndị gbasasịrị n'àgwàetiti Okinawa dị n'otu n'ime alaeze atọ: Hokuzan (Northern Mountain), Chūzan (Central Mountain), na Nanzan (Southern Mountain). A maara nke a dị ka Alaeze atọ, ma ọ bụ Sanzan (三山, Three Mountains) oge. Hokuzan, nke mejupụtara ihe ka ukwuu n'akụkụ ugwu nke agwaetiti ahụ, bụ nke kachasị ukwuu n'ihe gbasara ala na ike agha mana ọ bụ akụ na ụba kachasị ike n'ime atọ ahụ. Nanzan mejupụtara akụkụ ndịda nke agwaetiti ahụ. Chūzan dị n'etiti agwaetiti ahụ ma bụrụ nke kachasị ike. Isi obodo ya na Shuri, Nanoku dị n'akụkụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị mkpa nke Naha, na Kuran-mura, ebe etiti nke ebe ọdịnala ọdịnala ndị China dum. Ndị isi ndị a ga-aga n'ihu na-azụ ahịa dị ka ndị isi atọ nke alaeze atọ, ma ọ bụ Sanzan (三山, Three Mountains) oge.
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