Taketomi Island

Taketomi Island
Native name: Taketomi-jima (竹富島)
	Taketomi Island is located to the southwest of Ishigaki Island
	Taketomi Island
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Ryukyu Islands (Yaeyama Islands)
Area	5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Length	3.4 km (2.11 mi)
Width	2.7 km (1.68 mi)
Highest elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Administration
	Japan
Prefecture	Okinawa Prefecture
District	Yaeyama District
Town	Taketomi
Demographics
Population	323 (January 2012)
Ethnic groups	Ryukyuan, Japanese
Additional information
Official website	http://www.taketomi-islands.jp/

Taketomi Island (竹富島, Taketomi-jima, Yaeyama: Takidun; Taketomi dialect: Teedun; Okinawan: Dakidun) is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands.^[1]^[2]^[3] The population of Taketomi Island was 323 as of January 2012.^[4]

^ "Taketomijima". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^ "竹富島" [Taketomi Island]. Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^ "竹富島" [Taketomi Island]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^ "竹富町地区別人口動態票（平成24年１月末）" [Population of the Town of Taketomi by Area (End of January, 2012)] (PDF). Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture: Town of Taketomi. 2012. Retrieved Oct 19, 2012.