Noho-jima
| Nohojima | ||
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| Waters | East China Sea | |
| Archipelago | Iheya Izena Islands ( Okinawa Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 26 ° 59 '41 " N , 127 ° 55' 13" E | |
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| length | 1.7 km | |
| width | 1 km | |
| surface | 1.08 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 43 m | |
| Residents | 104 (January 1, 2015) 96 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Noho | |
Noho-jima ( Japanese 野 甫 島 ) is an island of the Japanese Okinawa Islands of the Ryūkyū island chain .
geography
It has an area of 1.08 km² and is connected to the island of Iheya-jima, 280 meters away, by a 680-meter-long bridge. On the island is the district of Noho of the municipality ( mura , "village") Iheya of Okinawa Prefecture . As of January 1, 2015, there were 104 people in 49 households on the island.
Noho-jima is an upscale coral island with a flat surface. The main economic sector is agriculture, especially sugar cane cultivation.
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 2. August 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 島 面積 . (PDF; 136 kB) (No longer available online.) Kokudo Chiriin , October 1, 2015, archived from the original on June 15, 2016 ; Retrieved August 2, 2016 (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.
- ↑ a b 伊 平 屋 島 ／ 野 甫 島 . (No longer available online.) Okinawa Prefecture, archived from original on October 15, 2012 ; Retrieved December 13, 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.
- ↑ 伊 平 屋村 . Okinawa Prefecture, archived from the original January 4, 2006 ; Retrieved August 2, 2016 (Japanese).
