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Kakeromajima

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Also known as Kakeroma Island, Kakeroma-jima

is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

Key facts

Islands.name
Kakeromajima
Islands.image_name
View of Koniya from Kochi-yama.jpg
Islands.image_caption
View of Kakeromajima from Kochiyama on Amami-Oshima
Islands.map_image
Satsunan-Islands-Kagoshima-Japan.png
Islands.native_name_link
Amami Ōshima language
Islands.location
East China Sea
Islands.archipelago
Amami Islands
Islands.area_km2
77.39
Islands.coastline_km
147.5
Islands.elevation_m
326
Islands.country
Japan
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
Prefectures
Islands.country_admin_divisions
Kagoshima Prefecture
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
District
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Ōshima District
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
Town
Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
Setouchi
Islands.population
1,600

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The island, in area, has a population of approximately 1,600 persons. Administratively it is part of the town of Setouchi in Kagoshima Prefecture. Much of the island is within the borders of the Amami Guntō Quasi-National Park.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kakeromajima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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