[3] There are two villages on the island, Hama (浜) to the north and Higa (比嘉) to the south.

[1] During the Sanzan period, Hamahiga and the rest of the Yokatsu Islands were under the control of Chūzan.

By the 15th century, Chūzan had united the Okinawa Islands, forming the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Hamahiga was a part of this prefecture until the end of World War II, when Okinawa in its entirety were placed under the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands from 1950 to 1972.

[2] In the Ryukyuan religion, it's believed that the creation goddess, Amamikyu, and her partner, Shinerikyu, lived in a cave in southern Hamahiga after creating the Okinawa Islands.