Amami islands

island group, Japan

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The Amami Islands are an island group located in the northern Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The largest island in this chain is Amami Great Island, which covers 712 square kilometers (275 square miles). Much of Amami Great Island is mountainous and forested, with Mount Yūwan being its highest peak at 694 meters (2,276 feet).12

The lower, cultivated areas of the island are used for producing timber, sugarcane, and rice. Amami Great Island is home to Amami, the largest city, which serves as a domestic shipping port along with Setouchi. The island group has a total area of 1,295 square kilometers (498 square miles).21

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Ryukyu Islands
…into three major groups: the Amami island chain in the north, the central Okinawa islands, and the Sakishima islands in the south. Administratively, the Ryukyus are part of Japan, the Amami group constituting a southern extension of Kyushu’s Kagoshima prefecture (ken) and the Okinawa and Sakishima islands making up Okinawa…
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…into three major groups: the Amami island chain in the north, the central Okinawa islands, and the Sakishima islands in the south. Administratively, the Ryukyus are part of Japan, the Amami group constituting a southern extension of Kyushu’s Kagoshima prefecture (ken) and the Okinawa and Sakishima islands making up Okinawa…
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