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    Kume Island

    久米島, Île Kume, Okinawa-sziget

    26°20′N 126°47′E

    Kume Island (久米島, Kumejima; Okinawan: クミジマ Kumijima) is an island, part of the Okinawa Islands and administratively part of the town of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of 59.11 square kilometres (22.82 mi2). The island had a population of 8,713 (2010).

    Ou Island, Ōha Island and Hate-no-hama Beach seen from Tounnaha-jō, Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
    Ou Island, Ōha Island and Hate-no-hama Beach seen from Tounnaha-jō, Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

    松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    26°20′N 126°47′E

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    Kume Island (久米島, Kumejima; Okinawan: クミジマ Kumijima) is an island, part of the Okinawa Islands and administratively part of the town of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of 59.11 square kilometres (22.82 mi2). The island had a population of 8,713 (2010). Kume Island is a volcanic island. Its principal economic activities are the production of sugarcane and tourism.

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    Also in Japanese archipelago

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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