Tonaki, Okinawa

Village in Kyushu, Japan

Tonaki

渡名喜村
Tunachi

Village

Tonaki Village Office

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Location of Tonaki in Okinawa Prefecture

Tonaki

Location in Japan

Coordinates: 26°22′20″N 127°08′28″E﻿ / ﻿26.37222°N 127.14111°E﻿ / 26.37222; 127.14111
Country| Japan
Region| Kyushu
Prefecture| Okinawa Prefecture
District| Shimajiri
Area

• Total

| 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population

(2022)

• Total

| 334
• Density| 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address| 1917-3, Tonaki-son, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa-ken
901-3692
Website| www.vill.tonaki.okinawa.jp
Symbols

Flower| Kawara Nadeshiko (Dianthus longicalyx)
Tree| Fukugi (Garcinia subelliptica)

Tonaki (渡名喜村, Tonaki-son, Okinawan: トゥナチ Tunachi) is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village consists of Tonaki Island and the uninhabited Irisuna Island.[1]

As of 2020, the village has an estimated population of 334 and a density of 89 persons per km2. The total area is 3.74 square kilometres (1.44 sq mi). The highest point in Tonaki is on Tonaki Island at 178.4 metres (585 ft).[2][3]

Tonaki is located approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) northwest of the prefectural capitol of Naha. The village is accessible by regular ferry service from Tomari Port in Naha.[1]

Tonaki was once an active center of bonito fishing, but now the village economy is evenly divided between agriculture and fishing. Tonaki is in a long-term state of population decline.[3]

## See also

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* Groups of Traditional Buildings
* Tonaki Prefectural Natural Park

## References

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1. ^ a b "渡名喜（村）" [Tonaki Village]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
2. ^ 渡名喜村の人口と世帯 [Population and Households of the Village of Tonaki] (in Japanese). Tonaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan: Village of Tonaki. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
3. ^ a b "渡名喜島" [Tonaki Island]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 173191044. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

## External links

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* Media related to Tonaki, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
* Geographic data related to Tonaki, Okinawa at OpenStreetMap
* Tonaki-son official website (in Japanese)
* Tonaki-son Elementary and Junior High School (in Japanese)

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Okinawa Prefecture

Naha (capital)

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* Naha

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* Ginowan
* Ishigaki
* Itoman
* Miyakojima
* Nago
* Nanjō
* Okinawa
* Tomigusuku
* Urasoe
* Uruma

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* Miyako District
* Tarama
* Yaeyama District
* Taketomi
* Yonaguni
* Kunigami District
* Kin
* Motobu
* Ginoza
* Higashi
* Ie
* Kunigami
* Nakijin
* Onna
* Ōgimi
* Nakagami District
* Chatan
* Kadena
* Nishihara
* Kitanakagusuku
* Nakagusuku
* Yomitan
* Shimajiri District
* Haebaru
* Kumejima
* Yaese
* Yonabaru
* Aguni
* Iheya
* Izena
* Kitadaitō
* Minamidaitō
* Tokashiki
* Tonaki
* Zamami

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