Taketomi

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Taketomi

Total population

3,998

Air quality index

21Good

Coordinates24.33°, 124.09°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Taketomi is a town located in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Rimi Natsukawa

Japanese singer (born 1973)

Yukiya Arashiro

road bicycle racer

Yōkō Gushiken

Japanese boxer

G

Gō Takamine

Japanese film director

Yuta Omine

baseball player

Yoshitaka Nakayama

Japanese politician

Chōshō Miyara

Japanese politician

M

Mamoru Miyagi

Japanese musician

J

James Miyoshi

M

Makoto Nakashinjō

Japanese journalist

Y

Yoshimori Ishimine

Japanese baseball coach (1953-)

T

Tadahiko Irei

Japanese baseball player

Shin'ya Kayama

Japanese baseball player

N

Naomi Kuniyoshi

Japanese singer

Shōta Ōmine

Japanese baseball player

Nagateru Ōhama

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Okinawa

• Ishigaki
  6.2 mi away · pop. 47,637
• Tarama
  45.2 mi away · pop. 1,266
• Yonaguni
  68.8 mi away · pop. 1,843
• Miyakojima
  81.9 mi away · pop. 52,931
• Kumejima
  219.3 mi away · pop. 8,953
• Tonaki
  237.2 mi away · pop. 502
• Zamami
  239.9 mi away · pop. 955
• Tokashiki
  242 mi away · pop. 775
• Aguni
  250.2 mi away · pop. 995
• Itoman
  255.7 mi away · pop. 61,007
• Tomigusuku
  258.3 mi away · pop. 61,119
• Naha
  259.3 mi away · pop. 317,625

Browse all places in Okinawa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Taketomi

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Taketomi, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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