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Yakushima
屋久島町 | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 30°23′24″N 130°39′4″E / 30.39000°N 130.65111°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kyushu (Ōsumi) |
Prefecture | Kagoshima Prefecture |
District | Kumage |
First official recorded | 607 AD |
Kami-yaku town settled | April 1, 1958 |
Yaku town settled | April 1, 1959 |
Merged with two towns and current town name changed | October 1, 2007 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tonao Hidaka |
Area | |
• Total | 540.98 km2 (208.87 sq mi) |
Population (January 2008) | |
• Total | 13,486 |
• Density | 24.9/km2 (64/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
City hall address | 469-45 Koseda, Yakushima-chō, Kumage-gun, Kagoshima-ken 891-4207 |
Website | www |
Symbols | |
Bird | Yaku komadori (Erithacus akahige tanensis Kuroda) |
Flower | Yakushima shakunage (Rhododendron metternichii Sieb. et Zucc. var. yakushimanum (Nakai) Ohwi) |
Tree | Yakusugi |
Yakushima (屋久島町, Yakushima-chō) is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima.