Tokara Islands
Native name: 吐噶喇列島 (トカラ列島), Tokara rettō | ||
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Village Toshima | | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population | 648 (2010) | |
| Pop. density | 6.39/km2 (16.55/sq mi) | |
| Ethnic groups | Japanese | |
The Tokara Islands (吐噶喇列島, Tokara-rettō) is an archipelago in the
Tokara Pony
.
Etymology
One theory holds that the name “Tokara” was derived from “tohara”, or “distant sea area” (沖の海原), as viewed from
Okinawa. Another theory states that the name come from the Ainu word tokap, which means “breast”. The southernmost inhabited island in the archipelago, Takarajima
, has a mountain Megamiyama (女神山, Goddess Mountain) with such a shape.
History
Mention is made in the Tokhara region of Central Asia, rather than the Tokara Islands.) During the 15th and 16th centuries, the islands came under the control of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Domain and the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ryukyu ceded its territory in the Tokara Islands to Satsuma in 1611, which was confirmed by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1624.
In 1908, the islands were administratively organized into Jitto Village (十島村, Jitto-mura, literally “Ten islands”), of which seven were inhabited. After
Iōjima, Kuroshima and Takeshima, remained under the control of Japan, and were placed under the administration of the village of Mishima. The remaining Tokara Islands reverted to Japan on 10 February 1952 and are now administered as the village of Toshima
.
Important Bird Area
The islands have been recognised as an
Islands
References
- National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGIA). Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Japan Enroute. Prostar Publications (2005). ISBN 1577856511
- ^ "Tokara Islands". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Toshima" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF; 19 kB) on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ [1] (JPN)。
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokara Islands.
Tokara Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website in Japanese
- Topographic Map 1:250.000
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