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Ogasawara, Tokyo

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Country
  
Japan

District
  
None

Population
  
3,029 (Oct 2016)

Local time
  
Thursday 10:28 AM

Region
  
Kantō

Area
  
104.4 km²

Prefecture
  
Tokyo

Ogasawara, Tokyo wwwogasawaramuracomentopphoto4jinnyjpg

Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City hall address
  
Nishimachi, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tōkyō-to 100-2101

Website
  
www.vill.ogasawara.tokyo.jp

Weather
  
18°C, Wind NE at 18 km/h, 64% Humidity

Ogasawara (小笠原村, Ogasawara-mura) is a village (or, more accurately, a rural municipality) in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands, Volcano Islands and three remote islands (Nishinoshima, Minami Torishima and Okinotorishima).

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Map of Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

History

In 1940, five municipalities were created in the islands, which had been unincorporated before, two on Chichijima, two on Hahajima, and one on Iwojima.

  • Ōmura (大村) on Chichijima
  • Ōgimura-Fukurosawa (扇村袋沢村) on Chichijima
  • Kitamura (北村) on Hahajima
  • Okimura (沖村) on Hahajima
  • Iōtō (硫黄島村) on Iwojima (Iōtō), which includes all of the Volcano Islands

    • Both villages of Kita Iwo Jima became part of the newly created Iwojima municipality in 1940:

  • Ishinomura (east)
  • Nishimura (west)

    • Geography

    The municipality consists of the following groups and single isolated islands:

  • Bonin Islands (小笠原群島, Ogasawara Guntō), 73.00 km2
  • Mukojima rettō (聟島列島), 6.57 km2
  • Chichijima rettō (父島列島), 38.89 km2
  • Hahajima rettō (母島列島), 27.54 km2
  • Nishinoshima (西之島, lit. "Western Island"; also known as Rosario Island), a single isolated island west of Hahajima rettō and north of the Volcano Islands, 0.29 km2
  • Volcano Islands (火山列島, Kazan-rettō) 29.71 km2
  • Kita Iwojima (北硫黄島, Kita-Iōtō, lit. "North Sulphur Island") 5.57 km2
  • Iwojima (硫黄島, Iōtō, lit. "Sulphur Island") 20.60 km2
  • Minami Iwojima (南硫黄島, Minami-Iōtō, lit. "South Sulphur Island") 3.54 km2
  • Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島 or 沖鳥島, lit. "Remote Bird Island") 0.01 km2
  • Minamitorishima (南鳥島, lit. "Southern Bird Island"; also known as Marcus Island) 1.40 km2

    • The southernmost (uninhabited) group is known as the Volcano Islands. 700 km further south is Okino Torishima, and 1,900 km further east is Minamitorishima.

    The population of the municipality resides on Chichi-jima (pop. about 2300) and Haha-jima (pop. about 500). The administration and village hall is located in the village of Omura on Chichi-jima. In addition, there is an air base with 400 soldiers on Iwojima of the Volcano Islands.

    Education

    Ogasawara Village operates the island's public elementary and junior high schools.

    The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates Ogasawara High School on Chichi-jima.

    References

    Ogasawara, Tokyo Wikipedia
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