Mishima, Kagoshima
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Villages of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....
made up of islands located in Kagoshima District
Kagoshima District, Kagoshima
Kagoshima is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture. As of October 1, 2008, the district has an estimated Population of 1,087 and a Density of 8.19 persons/km². The total area is 132.71 km²....
, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...
, Japan
Japan
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. The village office is located at Kagoshima City
Kagoshima, Kagoshima
is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...
outside the village.
As of 2008, the village has an estimated population
Population
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of 427 and the density
Population density
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of 13.6 persons per km². The total area is 31.36 km².
Mishima means three islands: Iōjima
Iojima, Kagoshima
, also known as Satsuma Iōjima and Tokara Iōjima, is an island in the Ōsumi island chain located in the northern part of the Satsunan Islands. Along with Takeshima and Kuroshima, it makes up the three-island village of Mishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.Iōjima is in length from east to west...
, Kuroshima and Takeshima.
History
After the Meiji RestorationMeiji Restoration
The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...
, these islands were allotted to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province
Satsuma Province
was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation is Sasshū .During the Sengoku Period, Satsuma was a fief of the Shimazu daimyo, who ruled much of southern Kyūshū from their castle at Kagoshima city.In 1871, with the...
, then transferred to Ōshima District of Ōsumi Province
Osumi Province
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Ōsumi bordered on Hyūga and Satsuma Provinces.Osumi's ancient capital was near modern Kokubu...
in 1897. Jittō Village was established as a municipality in 1908.
In 1946, the southern seven of the ten islands were put under the administration of the United States
United States
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and isolated from Japan
Japan
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, so that the remaining three islands formed a tentative Mishima Village. In 1952, when the seven islands were returned to Japan, Jittō Village was officially divided into Toshima Village
Toshima, Kagoshima
is a village located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Japan. The village encompasses the whole Tokara Islands. The village office is located in Kagoshima City outside the village....
and Mishima Village. In 1973, two villages were transferred to Kagoshima District
Kagoshima District, Kagoshima
Kagoshima is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture. As of October 1, 2008, the district has an estimated Population of 1,087 and a Density of 8.19 persons/km². The total area is 132.71 km²....
.