is a

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located in Yaeyama District,

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest cit ...

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. The town includes all of the islands in the

Yaeyama Islands The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 ''Yaeyama-rettō'', also 八重山諸島 ''Yaeyama-shotō'', Yaeyama: ''Yaima'', Yonaguni: ''Daama'', Okinawan: ''Yeema'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Yapema'') are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa P ...

excluding Ishigaki,

Yonaguni , one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, lying from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean proper. The island is administered as the town of Yonaguni, Yaeyama Gun, O ...

, and the

Senkaku Islands The are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan. They are located northeast of Taiwan, east of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. They are known in main ...

. This includes the islands of

Iriomote is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself. The island has an area of and a 2005 population of 2,347. The island does not have an airstrip, and most visitors — ...

, Yubu,

Taketomi is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands. The population of Taketomi Island was 323 as of January 2012. Geography Taketomi Island is located south of Is ...

, Kohama, Kuroshima,

Hateruma Hateruma (波照間島; ''Hateruma-jima''; Yaeyama: ''Patirooma'', Hateruma dialect: ''Besїma'' "our island", Okinawan: ''Hatiruma'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Patara'') is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is t ...

, 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

of 4,050 and the

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of 12 persons per km² (31/sq mi). The total area is 334.02 km² (128.97 sq mi).

Transportation

Hateruma Airport is located on Hateruma Island in Taketomi. HaterumaAirport

Education

Combined elementary and junior high schools include: * 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) -

* 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 is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands. The population of Taketomi Island was 323 as of January 2012. Geography Taketomi Island is located south of I ...

Junior high schools include: * Funaura Junior High School (竹富町立船浦中学校) - , Iriomote Island * Ōhara Junior High School (竹富町立大原中学校) - , Iriomote Island Elementary schools include: * Komi Elementary School (竹富町立古見小学校) - , 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 The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (沖縄県教育委員会) is the prefectural education agency of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. The board oversees municipal school districts in Okinawa and directly operates many high schools. Schools dir ...

References

External links

Taketomi Island - october 2016 archive
Towns in Okinawa Prefecture {{Okinawa-geo-stub