Yaeyama Islands

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archipelago island group

The Yaeyama Islands are a subtropical Japanese archipelago in the southernmost part of Okinawa Prefecture, known for their coral reefs, beaches, and distinct Ryukyuan culture.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Iriomote Island 1
Ishigaki 1
Ishigaki Island 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
adminCenter Ishigaki ⓘ
agriculturalProduct pineapples ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
tropical fruits ⓘ
climate subtropical ⓘ
contains Aragusuku Islands ⓘ
Hateruma Island ⓘ
Hatoma Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaeyama Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iriomote Island

Ishigaki ⓘ
surface form: Ishigaki Island

Taketomi Island ⓘ
surface form: Kohama Island

Kuroshima Island ⓘ
Panari Islands ⓘ
Taketomi Island ⓘ
Yonaguni ⓘ
surface form: Yonaguni Island

Yubu Island ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ryukyuan people ⓘ
hasAirport New Ishigaki Airport ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
distinct Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
diving ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ
language Yaeyama language ⓘ
Yaeyama language ⓘ
surface form: Yonaguni language
languageFamily Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
largestIsland Ishigaki ⓘ
surface form: Ishigaki Island
locatedIn East China Sea ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Philippine Sea ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
nearbyCountry China ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
officialLanguage Japanese ⓘ
partOf Nansei Islands ⓘ
Nansei Islands ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Islands of Japan
religion Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
seaArea Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southernmostIsland Yonaguni ⓘ
surface form: Yonaguni Island
timeZone Japan Standard Time ⓘ
transport ferry connections between islands ⓘ
westernmostPointOf Japan ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaeyama Islands → contains → Yaeyama Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iriomote Island
Okinawa Prefecture → hasCity → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishigaki
Ryukyu Islands → hasCulturalRegion → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakishima Islands
Okinawa Prefecture → hasIsland → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture → hasIsland → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishigaki Island
Ryukyu Arc → hasPart → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands → hasPart → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture → hasRegionalLanguage → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yaeyama
Miyako Islands → locatedBetween → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages → spokenIn → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages → spokenIn → Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yonaguni Island