Taketomi竹富町

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

Taketomi (竹富町, Taketomi-cho) is a town in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 3,942 (2020 census), area 334.4 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Yaeyama District, Okinawa 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

竹富町

Reading

Taketomi-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Yaeyama District 八重山郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Okinawa 沖縄県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

3,942 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-1.4% from 3,998

Area

334.4 km²

Density

12 people per km²

Households

2,093

Under 15

17.9%

65 and over

23.1%

Foreign residents

27 (0.7%)

Code

47381 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.taketomi.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Taketomi shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Taketomi

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

Taketomi (竹富町) is a town (町, cho) in Okinawa 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 Yaeyama District (八重山郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Taketomi?

Taketomi is in Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県), 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 Taketomi?

3,942 at the 2020 census, down 1.4% from 3,998 in 2015. The area is 334.4 km², which is 12 people per km². 2,093 households. 23.1% of residents are 65 or older and 17.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Taketomi?

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

How is Taketomi written in Japanese?

竹富町, read Taketomi-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 Taketomi begin?

沖縄県八重山郡竹富町… (Okinawa-ken, Yaeyama-gun, Taketomi-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.