Yonaguni与那国町

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

Yonaguni (与那国町, Yonaguni-cho) is a town in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 1,676 (2020 census), area 28.9 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

与那国町

Reading

Yonaguni-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

1,676 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-9.1% from 1,843

Area

28.9 km²

Density

58 people per km²

Households

760

Under 15

18.0%

65 and over

21.5%

Foreign residents

15 (0.9%)

Code

47382 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.yonaguni.okinawa.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Yonaguni shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Yonaguni

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

Yonaguni (与那国町) 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 Yonaguni?

Yonaguni 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 Yonaguni?

1,676 at the 2020 census, down 9.1% from 1,843 in 2015. The area is 28.9 km², which is 58 people per km². 760 households. 21.5% of residents are 65 or older and 18.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yonaguni?

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

How is Yonaguni written in Japanese?

与那国町, read Yonaguni-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 Yonaguni begin?

沖縄県八重山郡与那国町… (Okinawa-ken, Yaeyama-gun, Yonaguni-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.