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The Islands of Tokyo (東京諸島, Tokyo-shotō), also known as the Insular Area of Tokyo Metropolis (東京都島嶼部, Tōkyō-to-tōshobu) or Izu-Ogasawara islands (伊豆・小笠原諸島, Izu-Ogasawara-shotō), consist of the Izu and Ogasawara (also known as Bonin) island chains to the south of the Izu Peninsula.
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia.
A map with Nishi-Tama District in green A map of the Izu Islands with black labels A map of the Ogasawara Islands with black labels. Since the completion of the Great Mergers of Heisei in 2001, Tokyo consists of 62 municipalities: 23 special wards, 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages. All municipalities in Japan have a directly elected mayor and ...
The island is administered by the village of Aogashima, which is subordinate to the Hachijō Subprefecture, which itself is governed by the City of Tokyo. The island has an area of 8.75 km 2 (3.38 sq mi), and, as of 2014, its population is a mere 170 people. This means that the village of Aogashima has the smallest population of any ...
As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. [2] Izu Ōshima, at 91.06 km 2 (35.16 sq mi) is the largest and closest of Tokyo's outlying islands, which also include the Ogasawara Islands.
Map of the Izu Islands. The Izu Islands (伊豆諸島, Izu-shotō) are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. [1] Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo Prefecture. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ōshima.
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