Tonaki, Okinawa

Tonaki

渡名喜村
Tunachi
Tonaki 渡名喜村; Tunachi
Village
	Tonaki Village Office
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	Tonaki Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 26°22′20″N 127°08′28″E / 26.37222°N 127.14111°ECoordinates: 26°22′20″N 127°08′28″E / 26.37222°N 127.14111°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Okinawa Prefecture
District	Shimajiri
Area
• Total	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	406
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	1917-3, Tonaki-son, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa-ken; 901-3692
Website	www.vill.tonaki.okinawa.jp
Symbols
Flower	Kawara Nadeshiko (Dianthus longicalyx)
Tree	Fukugi (Garcinia subelliptica)

Tonaki (渡名喜村, Tonaki-son, Okinawan: トゥナチ Tunachi) is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village consists of Tonaki Island and the uninhabited Irisuna Island.^[1]

As of 2013, the village has an estimated population of 406 and a density of 110 persons per km². The total area is 3.74 square kilometres (1.44 sq mi). The highest point in Tonaki is on Tonaki Island at 178.4 metres (585 ft)^[2]^[3]

Tonaki is located approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) northwest of the prefectural capitol of Naha. The village is accessible by regular ferry service from in Naha.^[1]

Tonaki was once an active center of bonito fishing, but now the village economy is evenly divided between agriculture and fishing. Tonaki is in a long-term state of population decline.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "渡名喜（村）" [Tonaki Village]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
^ 渡名喜村の人口と世帯 [Population and Households of the Village of Tonaki] (in Japanese). Tonaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan: Village of Tonaki. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "渡名喜島" [Tonaki Island]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 173191044. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

External links[]

Media related to Tonaki, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
Geographic data related to Tonaki, Okinawa at OpenStreetMap
Tonaki-son official website (in Japanese)
Tonaki-son Elementary and Junior High School (in Japanese)

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[n-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "渡名喜（村）" [Tonaki Village]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

[pop-2] 渡名喜村の人口と世帯 [Population and Households of the Village of Tonaki] (in Japanese). Tonaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan: Village of Tonaki. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

[tonaki-c-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "渡名喜島" [Tonaki Island]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 173191044. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

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