Izena-jima
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| Waters | East China Sea | |
| Archipelago | Iheya Izena Islands ( Okinawa Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 26 ° 56 '2 " N , 127 ° 56' 11" E | |
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| length | 5 km | |
| width | 4.5 km | |
| surface | 14.12 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 119.9 m | |
| Residents | 1535 (January 1, 2015) 109 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Izena | |
Izena-jima ( Japanese 伊 是 名 島 ) is an island of the Okinawa Islands of the Ryūkyū Islands .
geography
Izena-jima has an area of 14.12 km² and is surrounded by a coral reef. The island of Yanaha-jima is 1.2 km south and the island of Urugami-jima is 500 m east. Until the 80s or 90s, the island of Yanoshita-jima was 300 m west, which was then connected to Izena-jima through reclamation and became a peninsula. Between Iheya-jima and Izena-jima is also 2.2 km north of Gushikawa-shima.
All of these islands, except Iheya-jima, belong administratively to the municipality of Izena , with Izena-jima being the only inhabited one. As of January 1, 2015, there were 1535 inhabitants in 771 households on the island. The main economic sectors of the municipality are agriculture , especially sugar cane and rice, and fishing .
Web links
- Congregation website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 指定 離島 ・ 指定 離島 一 覧 . (PDF) In: 離島 関係 資料 （平 成 28 年 1 月） . 沖 縄 県 企 画 部 地域 ・ 離島 課 ("Land and Islands Unit, Planning Department, Okinawa Prefecture"), January 2016, p. 1 , accessed on 1. August 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 伊 是 名 島 . (No longer available online.) Okinawa Prefecture, archived from original on Aug. 28, 2011 ; Retrieved December 14, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
