Hachijō Subprefecture

The location of Hachijo Subprefecture

Hachijō Subprefecture (八丈支庁, Hachijō-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau Of General Affairs.

It includes the following towns and villages on the Izu Islands:

Hachijō (town on Hachijō-jima and Hachijō-kojima)
Aogashima (village on Aogashima)

The subprefecture covers 78.6 square km and 8790 people.

Additionally, the subprefecture includes the following uninhabited islands, which are the four southernmost Izu Islands. These islands currently do not belong to any municipality, because both Hachijō and Aogashima claim administrative rights, from north to south:

Bayonnaise Rocks (Beyonēzu Retsugan)
Smith Island (Sumisu-tō)
Torishima
Lot's Wife (Sōfu-iwa)

Among the islands of the subprefecture, only Hachijōjima and Aogashima are inhabited.

References

External links

(Japanese) Official website

33°06′36″N 139°47′21″E / 33.109916°N 139.789056°E / 33.109916; 139.789056Coordinates: 33°06′36″N 139°47′21″E / 33.109916°N 139.789056°E / 33.109916; 139.789056

Tokyo Metropolis

Tokyo—Shinjuku (capital)

Special Wards
of Tokyo

Western
(Tama area)

Core city	Hachiōji

Cities	Akiruno Akishima Chōfu Fuchū Fussa Hamura Higashikurume Higashimurayama Higashiyamato Hino Inagi Kiyose Kodaira Koganei Kokubunji Komae Kunitachi Machida Mitaka Musashimurayama Musashino Nishitōkyō Ōme Tachikawa Tama

Nishitama District	Hinode Mizuho Okutama Hinohara

Izu Islands

Ōshima Subprefecture	Ōshima To-shima Niijima Kōzushima

Miyake Subprefecture	Miyake Mikurajima

Hachijō Subprefecture	Hachijō Aogashima

Ogasawara Islands

Ogasawara Subprefecture	Ogasawara

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