Ogasawara Subprefecture

Ogasawara Subprefecture
小笠原
Ogasawara-shichō
The islands of Ogasawara Subprefecture follow an oceanic ridge south from the Izu Islands and Tokyo on Honshu in the Japanese Home Islands
The islands of Ogasawara Subprefecture follow an oceanic ridge south from the Izu Islands and Tokyo on Honshu in the Japanese Home Islands
PrefectureTokyo Metropolis
CapitalOgasawara
Area
 • Total104.41 km2 (40.31 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2023)
 • Total2,930
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
WebsiteVillage website

Ogasawara Subprefecture (小笠原支庁, Ogasawara-shichō) is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin[1] and Volcano Islands and three isolated islets (the "Ogasawara Archipelago")[2] and is coterminous with the village of Ogasawara. The subprefecture covers 104.41 square kilometers (40.31 sq mi) and has a population of 2,930 in 2023. It maintains a main office on Chichijima and a branch office on Hahajima, the two permanent settlements in the islands. (The SDF base on Iwo Jima is supported separately, although still notionally part of the subprefecture and village's jurisdiction.)

  1. ^ Freeman (1951), pp. 229–235.
  2. ^ UNESCO World Heritage, Tentative List: "Ogasawara Islands" (Ref. 5095), proposed by the Ministry of the Environment (Japan). January 30, 2007.