Amami Islands

The Amami Islands are a Japanese archipelago in the , which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of . Administratively, the group belongs to , .
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, literally "Big Amami Island", is the largest of the Amami Islands, a small archipelago south of , . While administratively a part of , it's geographically and culturally a part of .

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is one of the Amami Islands. Together with , and the northern part of the it was listed as a natural world heritage site by UNESCO in 2021.

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is a town located on , in , , Japan. As of October 2020, the town has an estimated population of 5,115 and a population density of 250 persons per km2.

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, often written Okinoerabu or Okierabu and in speech just Erabu, is a remote island in the Amami Islands chain in , . It is an agricultural community that is not a common tourist destination.

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Island, or Kikaijima, is a small island located in the Amami Islands, just to the east of . While it is a part of , due to a long and varied history of being conquered, culturally is a blend of , Amami, and Kagoshima traditions.

Amami Islands

Latitude of center
28.2667° or 28° 16′ north
Longitude of center
129.35° or 129° 21′ east
Population
121,000
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1865353
Wiki­data ID
Q453510
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Amami Islands” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Amami adaları”
  • Basque: “Amami uharteak”
  • Catalan: “illes Amami”
  • Cebuano: “Amami Shotō”
  • Central Okinawan: “奄美群島”
  • Chinese: “Amami Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “奄美”
  • Chinese: “奄美地方”
  • Chinese: “奄美岛”
  • Chinese: “奄美群島”
  • Chinese: “奄美诸岛”
  • Czech: “Amami”
  • Dutch: “Amami-eilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Amamioj”
  • Finnish: “Amamisaaret”
  • French: “archipel Amami”
  • French: “îles Amami”
  • French: “Îles Amami”
  • Galician: “Illas Amami”
  • German: “Amami-Inselgruppe”
  • German: “Amami-Inseln”
  • German: “Amami-shotō”
  • German: “Amamiinseln”
  • Hebrew: “איי אממי”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Amami”
  • Italian: “Isole Amami”
  • Japanese: “奄美群島”
  • Japanese: “奄美諸島”
  • Korean: “아마미 군도”
  • Korean: “아마미 제도”
  • Lithuanian: “Amami salos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amami Kûn-tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amamiøyene”
  • Norwegian: “Amamiøyene”
  • Persian: “جزایر آمامی”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Amami”
  • Portuguese: “Amami”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Amami”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Amami”
  • Russian: “Амами (острова)”
  • Russian: “Амами”
  • Russian: “Острова Амами”
  • Shona: “Zvitsuwa zve Amami”
  • Slovenian: “Amamijski otoki”
  • Spanish: “Islas Amami”
  • Spanish: “Islas de Amami”
  • Swedish: “Amamiöarna”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะอะมะมิ”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะอามามิ”
  • Turkish: “Amami Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Амамі”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Амамі”
  • Vietnamese: “Amami (quần đảo)”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Amami”
  • Wu Chinese: “奄美群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “奄美群島”
  • “Amami-guntō”
  • “Amami-shotō”

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