Ogasawara Subprefecture

Ogasawara Subprefecture

小笠原
Ogasawara Subprefecture 小笠原
	Ogasawara-shichō
	The islands of Ogasawara Subprefecture follow an oceanic ridge south from the Izu Islands and Tokyo on Honshu in the Japanese Home Islands
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Capital	Ogasawara
Area
• Total	104.41 km2 (40.31 sq mi)
Population (October 1, 2023)
• Total	2,930
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Website	Village website

Ogasawara Subprefecture (小笠原支庁, Ogasawara-shichō) is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin^[1] and Volcano Islands and three isolated islets (the "Ogasawara Archipelago")^[2] and is coterminous with the village of Ogasawara. The subprefecture covers 104.41 square kilometers (40.31 sq mi) and has a population of 2,930 in 2023. It maintains a main office on Chichijima and a branch office on Hahajima, the two permanent settlements in the islands. (The SDF base on Iwo Jima is supported separately, although still notionally part of the subprefecture and village's jurisdiction.)

^ Freeman (1951), pp. 229–235.
^ UNESCO World Heritage, Tentative List: "Ogasawara Islands" (Ref. 5095), proposed by the Ministry of the Environment (Japan). January 30, 2007.

[FOOTNOTEFreeman1951229–235-1] Freeman (1951), pp. 229–235.

[unesco_tentative5095-2] UNESCO World Heritage, Tentative List: "Ogasawara Islands" (Ref. 5095), proposed by the Ministry of the Environment (Japan). January 30, 2007.

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