is a
subprefecture
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Albania
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of
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...
,
Japan
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. The subprefectural office is located in
Amami.
It includes the following
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
on the
Amami Islands
The The name ''Amami-guntō'' was standardized on February 15, 2010. Prior to that, another name, ''Amami shotō'' (奄美諸島), was also used. is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest o ...
:
*Ōshima Subprefecture
**
Amami (city on
Amami Ōshima
, also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands.
The island, 712.35 km2 in area, has a population of approximately 73,000 people. Administratively it is d ...
)
**
Tatsugō (town on Amami Ōshima)
**
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.
Japanese his ...
(village on Amami Ōshima)
*Setouchi Office
**
Uken (village on Amami Ōshima)
**
Setouchi (town on Amami Ōshima,
Kakeromajima
or Kakeroma-tō is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 1,600 persons. Administratively it is part of the town of Setouchi in ...
,
Yoroshima
is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, ,
The island, 9.35 km² in area, has a population of approximately 14 ...
,
Ukejima
Uke Island, or , is one of the Satsunan Islands of Japan, classed with the Amami Islands, Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
The island, 13.34 km² in area, ...
, and others)
*Kikai Office
**
Kikai (town on
Kikaijima
is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 7,657 persons. Administratively the island forms the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefect ...
)
*Tokunoshima Office
**
Tokunoshima
, also known in English as is an island in the Amami archipelago of the southern Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 27,000. The island is divided into three administrative ...
(town on
Tokunoshima
, also known in English as is an island in the Amami archipelago of the southern Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 27,000. The island is divided into three administrative ...
)
**
Amagi (town on Tokunoshima)
**
Isen
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*Isen, Bavaria, a town in Germany
*Isen, Kagoshima, a town in Japan
*Isen (river) in Bavaria, Germany
*The fictitious River Isen in Tolkien's literature
*ISEN, a group of three French higher education establishments
*Nissae Isen, ...
(town on Tokunoshima)
*Okinoerabu Office
**
Wadomari (town on
Okinoerabujima
, also known as Okinoerabu, is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
The island, 93.63 km² in area, has a population of approximately 14,000 persons. Administratively it is divided into th ...
)
**
China
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(town on Okinoerabujima)
**
Yoron (town on
Yoronjima
, also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands.''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
The island, 20.8 km² (8 sq. mi.) in area, has a population of approximately 6,000 people, and is administered as the ...
)
Offices
* Ōshima Subprefecture: 17-3 Naze Nagatachō, Amami-shi, Kagoshima-ken. 894-8501
* Setouchi Office: 36 Koniya Funatsu, Setouchi-chō, Kagoshima-ken. 894-1506
* Kikai Office: 2901-14 Akaren, Kikai-chō, Kagoshima-ken. 891-6201
* Tokunoshima Office: 216 Kametsu, Tokunoshima-chō, Kagoshima-ken. 891-7101
* Okinoerabu Office: 134-1 Tedechina, Wadomari-chō, Kagoshima-ken. 891-9111
* Okinoerabu Office Yoron Town Resident Office: 1420-2 Chabana, Yoron-chō, Kagoshima-ken. 891-9301
External links
*
Official website
Oshima Subprefecture (Kagoshima)
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