is a
subprefecture
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Albania
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of
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...
,
Japan
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. The subprefectural office is located in
Amami.
It includes the following
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
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 a Japanese archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is sout ...
:
*Ōshima Subprefecture
**
Amami (city on
Amami Ōshima
, also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami Islands, Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands, all of which belong to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The island, 712.35 ...
)
**
Tatsugō (town on Amami Ōshima)
**
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial ...
(village on Amami Ōshima)
*Setouchi Office
**
Uken (village on Amami Ōshima)
**
Setouchi (town on Amami Ōshima,
Kakeromajima,
Yoroshima,
Ukejima, and others)
*Kikai Office
**
Kikai (town on
Kikaijima
is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami Islands, Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa Island, Okinawa.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 7,657 people. Administratively the island forms the town of ...
)
*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 t ...
(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 t ...
)
**
Amagi (town on Tokunoshima)
**
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 in ...
)
**
China
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(town on Okinoerabujima)
**
Yoron (town on
Yoronjima
, also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands.
The island, 20.8 km2 (8 sq. mi.) in area, has a population of approximately 6,000 people, and is administered as the town of Yoron, Kagoshima. Much of the island is within the borders of t ...
)
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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