Ishikawa, Okinawa

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Flag of Ishikawa City.
Ishikawa City as seen from Mount Ishikawa.
A view of Ishikawa City below Iha Castle.
Ishikawa Powerplant seen from Ishikawa Beach.

Ishikawa (石川市, Ishikawa-shi, Okinawan: Ishichā) was a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 26, 1945. It was named after the nearby Mount Ishikawa and the .

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 22,126 and a density of 1,052.12 persons per km². The total area was 21.03 km².

On April 1, 2005, Ishikawa, along with the city of Gushikawa, and the towns of Katsuren and Yonashiro (both from Nakagami District), was merged to create the city of Uruma.

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Coordinates: 26°25′34″N 127°49′19″E / 26.426°N 127.822°E / 26.426; 127.822

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