Taketomi
Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa, Japan. This small island just north of the tropics with its picturesque beaches and architecture is a popular getaway especially for domestic visitors.Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
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- Type: Quarter with 323 residents
- Description: island in Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Roberton Island”, “Takedomi-shima”, “Taketomi Island”, “Taketomi Jima”, “Taketomi Sima”, “Taketomi-jima”, “Takezun-jima”, “Takiton-shima”, “Takizun-jima”, “字竹富”, and “竹富”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kondoi Beach and Taketomi Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taketomi.
Taketomi
Town
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Taketomi is a town located in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The town includes all of the islands in the Yaeyama Islands excluding Ishigaki, Yonaguni, and the Senkaku Islands.
Taketomi
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.3301° or 24° 19′ 49″ northLongitude
124.0854° or 124° 5′ 7″ eastPopulation
323Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
7QP683JP+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 4472816571OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1850819Wikidata ID
Q474560
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Taketomi” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Taketomi”
- Cebuano: “Taketomi-shima”
- Central Okinawan: “テードゥンジマ”
- Central Okinawan: “竹富島”
- Chinese: “竹富島”
- Czech: “Taketomi-jima”
- Czech: “Taketomi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاكيتومى ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاكيتومى”
- French: “île Taketomi”
- French: “Taketomi-jima”
- French: “Taketomi”
- German: “Taketomi-jima”
- German: “Taketomi”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Taketomi”
- Indonesian: “Taketomi”
- Japanese: “Taketomi”
- Japanese: “たけとみ”
- Japanese: “たけとみじま”
- Japanese: “竹富島”
- Korean: “다케토미섬”
- Lithuanian: “Taketomi”
- Lithuanian: “Taketomis”
- Macedonian: “Такетоми (остров)”
- Macedonian: “Такетоми”
- Malay: “Pulau Taketomi”
- Persian: “جزیره تاکهتومی”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Taketomi”
- Russian: “Такэтоми”
- Shona: “Chitsuwa che Taketomi”
- Spanish: “Taketomi”
- Swedish: “Taketomi-jima”
- Turkish: “Taketomi Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Такетомі”
- Ukrainian: “Такетомі”
- Uzbek: “Taketomi oroli”
- Vietnamese: “Taketomi”
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