Yaeyama Subprefecture

Yaeyama Subprefecture's location in Okinawa Prefecture

Yaeyama Subprefecture (八重山支庁, Yaeyama-shichō) was a subprefecture of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was abolished in March 2009. Most of its functions were taken over by the Yaeyama Office of the prefecture.

It included the following cities and towns of Yaeyama and Senkaku Islands:

Ishigaki (city on Ishigaki and Senkaku Islands)
Taketomi (town on Iriomote, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Hateruma, Hatoma, and others)
Yonaguni (town on Yonaguni)

Offices

Yaeyama Subprefecture: 438-1 Maezato, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa-ken. 907-0002

External links

(Japanese) Official website

24°20′25″N 124°11′16″E / 24.340299°N 124.187861°E / 24.340299; 124.187861Coordinates: 24°20′25″N 124°11′16″E / 24.340299°N 124.187861°E / 24.340299; 124.187861

Okinawa Prefecture

Naha (capital)

Core city	Naha

Cities	Ginowan Ishigaki Itoman Miyakojima Nago Nanjō Okinawa Tomigusuku Urasoe Uruma

Miyako District	Tarama

Yaeyama District	Taketomi Yonaguni

Kunigami District	Kin Motobu Ginoza Higashi Ie Kunigami Nakijin Onna Ōgimi

Nakagami District	Chatan Kadena Nishihara Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Yomitan

Shimajiri District	Haebaru Kumejima Yaese Yonabaru Aguni Iheya Izena Kitadaitō Minamidaitō Tokashiki Tonaki Zamami

List of mergers in Okinawa Prefecture Hydrographic Cape Hedo Cape Irizaki Henoko Bay Kokuba River Lake Man Miyako Strait Nakagusuku Bay

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