Yakushima屋久島町

Yakushima-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Yakushima (屋久島町, Yakushima-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 11,858 (2020 census), area 540.48 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

屋久島町

Reading

Yakushima-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Kumage District 熊毛郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

11,858 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-8.2% from 12,913

Area

540.48 km²

Density

22 people per km²

Households

5,847

Under 15

13.6%

65 and over

36.4%

Foreign residents

102 (0.9%)

Code

46505 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.yakushima.kagoshima.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Yakushima shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Yakushima

Is Yakushima a city, a town, or a village?

Yakushima (屋久島町) is a town (町, cho) in Kagoshima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kumage District (熊毛郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Yakushima?

Yakushima is in Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Yakushima?

11,858 at the 2020 census, down 8.2% from 12,913 in 2015. The area is 540.48 km², which is 22 people per km². 5,847 households. 36.4% of residents are 65 or older and 13.6% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yakushima?

None. Yakushima shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yakushima written in Japanese?

屋久島町, read Yakushima-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Yakushima begin?

鹿児島県熊毛郡屋久島町… (Kagoshima-ken, Kumage-gun, Yakushima-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.