Yaku, Kagoshima
Yaku (屋久町, Yaku-chō) was a town located on the southern half of Yakushima (Yaku Island) in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Its major settlement is the port town of Miyanoura.
History
[edit]As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,008 and a population density of 28.96 persons per km². The total area was 242.03 km².
On October 1, 2007, Yaku, along with the town of Kamiyaku (also from Kumage District), was merged to create the town of Yakushima.
External links
[edit]- Yaku Town at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
- Yaku Town at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in English)
- Yakushima Town (in Japanese)
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30°16′48″N 130°34′38″E / 30.28000°N 130.57722°E
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