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Native name: Yaeyama-rettō (八重山列島) | |
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 Map of the Yaeyama Islands | |
  Yaeyama Islands Yaeyama Islands in Japan | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 24°21′47″N 123°44′47″E / 24.36306°N 123.74639°E |
| Archipelago | Sakishima Islands |
| Adjacent to | East China Sea |
| Total islands | 23 |
| Major islands | Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Yonaguni Island |
| Area | 587.16 km2 (226.70 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 525.5 m (1724.1 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Omoto |
| Administration | |
| Prefecture | Okinawa Prefecture |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 53,627 (March 31, 2011[1]) |
| Pop. density | 91/km2 (236/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Ryukyuans, Japanese |
The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, also 八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema, Northern Ryukyuan: やへま Yapema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover 591.46 square kilometres (228.36 sq mi).[1] The islands are located southwest of the Miyako Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands archipelago.[2] The Yaeyama Islands are the most remote part of Japan from the main islands and contain Japan's southernmost (Hateruma) and westernmost (Yonaguni) inhabited islands.[3] The city of Ishigaki serves as the political, cultural, and economic center of the Yaeyama Islands.[4] On maps dating to the 1700s, the Yaeyama Group of Islands appears as the "Majico Sima Group",[5][6] "Nambu-soto Islands",[7] "Nambu Soto",[8] and the "Taipin Islands".[9]
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- ^ Geographicus. "1873 Roche-Poncié Nautical Chart Map of Taiwan / Formosa". Geographicus: rare antique maps. Geographicus. Retrieved 2 Aug 2023.
- ^ Stanford, Edward (1895). Stanford's Library Map Of Asia (New ed.). London: Stanford's Geographical Establishment. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2 Aug 2023.
- ^ Stanford, Edward (1904). Stanford's London atlas of universal geography exhibiting the physical and political divisions of the various countries of the world (Third Edition, revised and enlarged. ed.). London: Edward Standford, Geographer to Her Majesty. p. 57. Retrieved 2 Aug 2023.
- ^ Postlehwayt, Malachy (1707–1767); Boulton, S.; Bolton, Emanuel; Seale, Richard William (1755). The Universal Dictionary Of Trade and Commerce Composite Map (of Asia), Second Part of Asia (Fourth Edition, note: published in 1774, date on map reads 1755 in Roman Numerals ed.). London: W.Strahan, J. & F.Rivington. p. I-VIII. Retrieved 2 Aug 2023.
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