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

Cities	Ginowan Ishigaki Itoman Miyakojima Nago Naha (capital) Nanjō Okinawa Tomigusuku Urasoe Uruma

Districts	Kunigami Miyako Nakagami Shimajiri Yaeyama

Towns	Chatan Haebaru Kadena Kin Kumejima Motobu Nishihara Taketomi Yaese Yonabaru Yonaguni

Villages	Aguni Ginoza Higashi Ie Iheya Izena Kitadaitō Kitanakagusuku Kunigami Minamidaitō Nakagusuku Nakijin Onna Ōgimi Tarama Tonaki Yomitan Tokashiki Zamami

Hydrographic	Cape Hedo Cape Irizaki Henoko Bay Kokuba River Lake Man Miyako Strait Nakagusuku Bay

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