Ogasawara Subprefecture
Ogasawara Subprefecture is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin and Volcano Islands and three isolated islets and is coterminous with the village of Ogasawara.
- Type: subprefecture of Japan with 2,930 residents
- Description: the subprefecture of Tokyo, Japan, administering the Ogasawara Archipelago, coterminous with Ogasawara Village
- Also known as: “Ogasawara”, “Ogasawara Island Branch Office”, “Ogasawara Islands”, “Ogasawara Shicho”, “Ogasawara Shichō”, “Ogasawara-shicho”, “Ogasawara-Shicho”, “Ogasawara-shichō”, “Ogasawara-Shichō”, “Ogasawara-shotō”, “Ogasawarajima-tōchō”, “Orgasawara Archipelago”, and “Tokyo Metropolitan Government Ogasawara Island Branch Office”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ogasawara Downrange Station and Minamijima Island.
Minamijima Island
Islet
Minamijima Island is an islet, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Ogasawara Subprefecture.
小笠原警察署
Police station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ogasawara.
Ogasawara
Village
Ogasawara Village is a village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands, Volcano Islands, and three remote islands. Ogasawara is situated 4½ km northwest of Ogasawara Subprefecture.
Ogasawara Subprefecture
Latitude
27.0591° or 27° 3′ 33″ north
Longitude
142.2125° or 142° 12′ 45″ east
Population
2,930
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP OGA
Open location code
7RV43657+M2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Ogasawara Subprefecture” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوغاساوارا (فرع محافظة)، طوكيو”
- Arabic: “فرع محافظة أوغاساوارا”
- Asturian: “Ogasawara (subprefeutura de Xapón)”
- Asturian: “subprefeutura d’Ogasawara”
- Basque: “Ogasawara suprefetura”
- Catalan: “Subprefectura d’Ogasawara”
- Cebuano: “Ogasawara Shichō”
- Chinese: “小笠原支厅”
- Chinese: “小笠原支廳”
- Dutch: “Ogasawara”
- Esperanto: “Subgubernio Ogasavara”
- French: “Ogasawara-shichō”
- French: “sous-préfecture d’Ogasawara”
- French: “Sous-préfecture d’Ogasawara”
- German: “Unterpräfektur Ogasawara”
- Indonesian: “Subprefektur Ogasawara”
- Italian: “Sottoprefettura di Ogasawara”
- Japanese: “おがさわらしちょう”
- Japanese: “オガサワラシチョウ”
- Japanese: “小笠原支庁”
- Japanese: “東京都小笠原支庁”
- Korean: “오가사와라 지청”
- Lithuanian: “Ogasavaros subprefektūra”
- Persian: “زیر استان اوگاساوارا”
- Polish: “Podprefektura Ogasawara”
- Russian: “Огасавара”
- Slovenian: “Ogasavara”
- Slovenian: “Ogasawara”
- Slovenian: “Podprefektura Ogasavara”
- Slovenian: “Podprefektura Ogasawara”
- Spanish: “Subprefectura de Ogasawara”
- Thai: “กิ่งจังหวัดโองาซาวาระ”
- Turkish: “Ogasawara alt prefektörlüğü”
- Turkish: “Ogasawara”
- Ukrainian: “Область Оґасавара”
- Vietnamese: “Ogasawara (phó tỉnh)”
- Vietnamese: “Ogasawara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ogasawara Subprefecture”
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