Yaeyama District, Okinawa

Yaeyama (八重山郡, Yaeyama-gun, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema) is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The district covers all of the Yaeyama Islands except Ishigaki and the disputed Senkaku Islands.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 5,579 and the density of 15.37 persons per km². The total area is 362.89 kilometers².

Towns and villages

• Taketomi
• Yonaguni

Transportation

Two airports, Hateruma Airport on Hateruma island in Taketomi and Yonaguni Airport in Yonaguni serve the district.

External links

• Beach Guide for Yaeyama

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Okinawa Prefecture

Naha (capital)

Core city

• Naha

Cities

• Ginowan
• Ishigaki
• Itoman
• Miyakojima
• Nago
• Nanjō
• Okinawa
• Tomigusuku
• Urasoe
• Uruma

Districts

• Miyako District
  • Tarama
• Yaeyama District
  • Taketomi
  • Yonaguni
• Kunigami District
  • Kin
  • Motobu
  • Ginoza
  • Higashi
  • Ie
  • Kunigami
  • Nakijin
  • Onna
  • Ōgimi
• Nakagami District
  • Chatan
  • Kadena
  • Nishihara
  • Kitanakagusuku
  • Nakagusuku
  • Yomitan
• Shimajiri District
  • Haebaru
  • Kumejima
  • Yaese
  • Yonabaru
  • Aguni
  • Iheya
  • Izena
  • Kitadaitō
  • Minamidaitō
  • Tokashiki
  • Tonaki
  • Zamami

List of mergers in Okinawa Prefecture

Hydrographic

Cape Hedo

Cape Irizaki

Henoko Bay

Kokuba River

Lake Man

Miyako Strait

Nakagusuku Bay

24°16′28″N 123°51′58″E / 24.27444°N 123.86611°E / 24.27444; 123.86611

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