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Taketomi, Okinawa

Coordinates: 24°17′12″N 123°52′54″E / 24.28667°N 123.88167°E / 24.28667; 123.88167
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Taketomi
竹富町
Teedun
Town
Taketomi Town Office
Taketomi Town Office
Flag of Taketomi
Flag
Official seal of Taketomi
Emblem
Location of Taketomi in Okinawa Prefecture
Location of Taketomi in Okinawa Prefecture
Taketomi is located in Japan
Taketomi
Taketomi
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 24°17′12″N 123°52′54″E / 24.28667°N 123.88167°E / 24.28667; 123.88167
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu (Okinawa)
PrefectureOkinawa Prefecture
DistrictYaeyama
Government
 • MayorTakeshi Ōmori
Area
 • Total334.02 km2 (128.97 sq mi)
Population
 (October 2016)
 • Total4,050
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address11 Misakichō, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa-ken
907-8503
Websitewww.town.taketomi.lg.jp (in Japanese)
Symbols
BirdRuddy kingfisher
ButterflyGreat orange tip
FishBluefin trevally
FlowerLight galangal
TreeInumaki

Taketomi (竹富町, Taketomi-chō, Yaeyama: Teedun, Okinawan: Dakidun) is a town located in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

The town includes all of the islands in the Yaeyama Islands excluding Ishigaki, Yonaguni, and the Senkaku Islands. This includes the islands of Iriomote, Yubu, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Hateruma, and Hatoma. Although Ishigaki is not part of the town of Taketomi, the town hall is located there.

As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 4,050 and the population density of 12 inhabitants per square kilometre (31/sq mi). The total area is 334.02 square kilometres (128.97 sq mi).

Geography

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The town includes the inhabited islands of Iriomote, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuro, Hateruma, Hatoma, Aragusuku (comprising the islands of Kamiji and Shimoji) Kayama and Yubu and the surrounding desert islands such as Sotobanari or Nakanokami.
Since all traffic between the different islands in the town go through Ishigaki Island, the town office is located on Ishigaki Island. There is a project to move it to Ōhara on Iriomote Island, but with the completion of the new town office on Ishigaki Island in 2022, the project in Ōhara will probably be downsized. There are only two other municipalities in Japan whose office is located outside of the municipality: Toshima and Mishima in Kagoshima Prefecture.

  • easternmost point: Taketomi Island (24.320833 N, 124.101944 E)
  • westernmost point: Nakanokami Island (24.192500 N, 123.555278 E)
  • southernmost point: Hateruma Island (24.045556 N, 123.788333 E)
  • northernmost point: Hatoma Island (24.477222 N, 123.817222 E)

Administrative divisions

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The town counts thirteen wards, themselves divided into thirty-six villages.[1]

Aza name (Japanese) (Islands)

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  • village names (Japanese)

Aragusuku (新城) (Aragusuku Island)

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  • Kamiji (上地)
  • Shimoji (下地)

Iriomote (西表) (Iriomote Island, Uchibanari Island, Sotobanari Island)

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  • Funauki (船浮)
  • Hoshitate (星立)
  • Shirahama (白浜)
  • Sonai (祖納)

Uehara (上原) (Iriomote Island, Hatopanari Island)

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  • Funaura (船浦)
  • Nakano (中野)
  • Sumiyoshi (住吉)
  • Uehara (上原)
  • Urauchi (浦内)

Kuroshima (黒島) (Kuro Island)

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  • Akarisuji (東筋)
  • Hori (保里)
  • Iko (伊古)
  • Miyazato (宮里)
  • Nakamoto (仲本)

Kohama (小浜) (Kohama Island)

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  • Kohama (小浜)
  • Kubozaki (細崎)

Komi (古見) (Iriomote Island, Yubu Island)

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  • Komi (古見)
  • Mihara (美原)

Sakiyama (崎山) (Iriomote Island, Nakanokami Island)

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  • Amitori (網取)
  • Kanokawa (鹿川)
  • Sakiyama (崎山)

Takana (高那) (Iriomote Island)

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Taketomi (竹富) (Taketomi Island)

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  • Ainota (東)
  • In'nota (西)
  • Nāji (仲筋)

Haimi (南風見) (Iriomote Island)

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  • Ōhara (大原)
  • Toyohara (豊原)

Haiminaka (南風見仲) (Iriomote Island)

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  • Ōtomi (大富)

Hateruma (波照間) (Hateruma Island)

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  • Fuka (冨嘉)
  • Kita (北)
  • Mae (前)
  • Minami (南)
  • Naishi (名石)

Hatoma (鳩間) (Hatoma Island)

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Nature

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Taketomi Town, and especially Iriomote Island, is host to the Iriomote cat and the crested serpent eagle (special natural monuments), the Chinese box turtle and the Ryūkyū emerald dove (natural monuments), as well as the Sakishima grass lizard (endemic to the Yaeyama Islands). The whole area of Tatetomi Town, including the surrounding sea, is part of the Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park.[2]

The Yaeyama Islands being located at a low latitude, 84 of the 88 constellations are visible[3], including the Southern Cross when the conditions are good.[4]

The land part of the Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, including Taketomi Town, was designated by DarkSky International as the first dark-sky preserve in Japan on March the 30th 2018.[5][6]

Transportation

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Hateruma Airport is located on Hateruma Island in Taketomi.

Hateruma Airport

Education

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Hateruma Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立波照間小中学校)

Combined elementary and junior high schools include:[7]

  • Funauki Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立船浮小中学校) - Iriomote Island
  • Hateruma Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立波照間小中学校) - Hateruma
  • Hatoma Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立鳩間小中学校) - Hatoma
  • Iriomote Elementary and Junior High School(竹富町立西表小中学校) - Iriomote Island
  • Kohama Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立小浜小中学校) - Kohama Island
  • Kuroshima Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立黒島小中学校) - Kuroshima Island
  • Taketomi Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立竹富小中学校) - Taketomi Island

Junior high schools include:[7]

  • Funaura Junior High School (竹富町立船浦中学校) - Uehara [ja], Iriomote Island
  • Ōhara Junior High School (竹富町立大原中学校) - Haemi [ja], Iriomote Island

Elementary schools include:[7]

  • Komi Elementary School (竹富町立古見小学校) - Komi [ja], Iriomote Island
  • Ohara Elementary School (竹富町立大原小学校) - Haemi
  • Shirama Elementary School (竹富町立白浜小学校) - Shirahama (白浜), Iriomote Island
  • Uehara Elementary School (竹富町立上原小学校) - Uehara

For public senior high school students may attend schools of the Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education.

References

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  1. ^ "沖縄県 八重山郡竹富町の郵便番号 - 日本郵便". www.post.japanpost.jp. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ [1]西表石垣国立公園　全体図
  3. ^ "県内初の「市星」制定へ　石垣市 | 八重山毎日新聞社". web.archive.org. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ "南十字星モニターを公開しました | 石垣島天文台". web.archive.org. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ^ "星空保護区認定を報告 | 八重山毎日新聞社". web.archive.org. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  6. ^ "国内初の星空保護区、沖縄に誕生　「ダークスカイ・パーク」西表石垣国立公園を暫定認定 | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス　ニュース | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス". web.archive.org. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "小中学校・小学校・中学校". Taketomi Town. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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