Chugoku
Shimane
Oki District

Nishinoshima

Nishinoshima is a town located on the island of , in , , . As of 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 2,788 and a population density of 50 persons per km2. The total area was 55.98 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 3,030 residents
  • Description: town in Oki district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Nishinoshima Cho” and “Nishinoshima, Shimane”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yurahime Shrine and Mt. Takuhi.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine.

Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 4 km southeast of Nishinoshima.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 4 km southeast of Nishinoshima.

Nishinoshima

Latitude
36.0931° or 36° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
132.9944° or 132° 59′ 40″ east
Population
3,030
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8Q8J3XVV+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3112232863
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1855196
Wiki­data ID
Q543193
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Nishinoshima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيشينوشيما”
  • Asturian: “Nishinoshima”
  • Burmese: “နိရှိနိုရှိမမြို့၊ ရှိမနဲ”
  • Cebuano: “Nishinoshima Chō”
  • Chinese: “西之岛町”
  • Chinese: “西之島町”
  • Czech: “Nišinošima”
  • Dutch: “Nishinoshima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيشينوشيما”
  • French: “Nishinoshima”
  • German: “Nishinoshima”
  • Hungarian: “Nisinosima”
  • Indonesian: “Nishinoshima, Shimane”
  • Irish: “Nishinoshima”
  • Italian: “Nishinoshima”
  • Japanese: “Nishinoshima-chō”
  • Japanese: “にしのしまちょう”
  • Japanese: “ニシノシマチョウ”
  • Japanese: “西ノ島町”
  • Korean: “니시노시마정”
  • Korean: “니시노시마초”
  • Malay: “Nishinoshima, Shimane”
  • Persian: “نیشی‌نوشیما”
  • Polish: “Nishinoshima”
  • Portuguese: “Nishinoshima”
  • Russian: “Нисиносима”
  • Spanish: “Nishinoshima”
  • Swedish: “Nishinoshima, Shimane”
  • Swedish: “Nishinoshima”
  • Tagalog: “Nishinoshima, Shimane”
  • Thai: “นิชิโนชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Nishinoshima, Shimane”
  • Turkish: “Nishinoshima”

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