Miyake Subprefecture in Tokyo Prefecture

is a

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Tokyo Metropolis Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan. The organization belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau Of General Affairs. It includes the following

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on the Izu Islands: * Miyake (village on

Miyakejima is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea approximately southeast of Tokyo, Japan. As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Miyake-jima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Etymolog ...

) *

Mikurajima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Izu Shotō'',"''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 412. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo and south-s ...

(village on

) Its area is 76.08 square km and 3184 people. Because of the eruptions of the main

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, Miyakejima was completely evacuated from September 2000. After a four-year period of volcanic emissions, residents were allowed to return permanently on February 1, 2005.

History

*1920: The island halls of Miyakejima and Mikurajima were abolished. Ōshima Island Government Office took control of the islands. The branch office was founded on Miyakejima. *1926: Changed to Ōshima Subprefecture. *1943: Miyakejima Branch Office was split as Miyake Subprefecture.

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External links

Miyake Island Branch Office Official Website
Subprefectures in Tokyo Izu Islands {{Tokyo-geo-stub

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