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Ryukyu Islands (Japan) [Nansei Islands] [127]
(Prefecture of Japan)
LAND AREA: 2196 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
16 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 973000 (1969)
DENSITY: 443 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 10%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 79.8 years, ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.940
ECONOMY
GDP/Capita: $10927
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 08/02/98
Islands of Ryukyu Islands (Japan) [Nansei Islands]
Amami Oshima (Japan - Ryukyu Islands)
Iriomote-jima (Japan - Ryukyu Islands)
Ishigaki-jima (Japan - Ryukyu Islands)
Okinawa (Japan - Ryukyu Islands)
Torishima (Japan - Ryukyu Islands)
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