Aguni, Okinawa
village in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
Aguni (粟国村, Aguni-son) is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village occupies the entirety of Aguni Island. As of 2022, the village had an estimated population of 672 and a population density of 87.8 persons per km2. The total area is 7.65 square kilometres (2.95 mi2).
Geography
Aguni is located in the East China Sea. The village sits 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Naha, Okinawa, the prefectural capital of Okinawa on Okinawa Island. Aguni Island spans 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from north to south and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from east to west. Aguni is a low-lying island with its highest point only reaching 97.3 metres (319 ft).
Aguni faces Tonaki and the Kerama Islands to the south and Kume Island to the southwest.
Administrative divisions
The village includes three divisions.
“Aguni, Okinawa” enters the record as village in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aguni, Okinawa and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1205452. VIAF identifies the subject as 260515999. Authority coordinates are 26.582, 127.229. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.
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