Yaeyama Islands
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The Yaeyama Islands are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover 591.46 square kilometres. The islands are located southwest of the Miyako Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. The Yaeyama Islands are the remotest part of Japan from the main islands and contain Japan's most southern and most western inhabited islands. The city of Ishigaki serves as the political, cultural, and economic center of the Yaeyama Islands. ()
Local name: 八重山列島 Area: 228.36 mi²Maximum elevation: 1724 ftTotal islands: 23Archipelago: Sakishima IslandsCoordinates: 24°21'49"N, 123°46'19"E
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