is a subprefecture

Subprefectures of Japan

Certain prefectures of Japan are now, or once were, divided into subprefectures. The subprefecture is the jurisdiction surrounding a of the prefectural government. Normally, the area of a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen cities, towns, and/or villages. Subprefectures are formed to...

 of Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The organization belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau Of General Affairs.

It includes the following towns

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 and villages

Villages of Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

 on the Izu Islands

Izu Islands

The are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ōshima....

:

• Hachijō
  Hachijo, Tokyo
  is a town located in Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo, Japan. Electric power for the town is provided by a geothermal power station and by a wind farm.-Geography:...
  
   (town on Hachijōjima
  Hachijojima
  is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, administered by Tōkyō and located approximately south of the Special Wards of Tōkyō. It is the southernmost and most isolated of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago...
  
   and Hachijōkojima
  Hachijokojima
  is a small volcanic deserted island in the Philippine Sea approximately south of Tokyo and west of Hachijōjima, in the northern Izu archipelago, Japan. Administratively the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan.-Geography:...
  
  )
• Aogashima (village on Aogashima
  Aogashima
  is a village located in Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo, Japan.-Geography:Aogashima Village covers the island of Aogashima, the southernmost and most isolated populated island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, south of central Tokyo, and south of Hachijōjima, its nearest populated...
  
  )

The subprefecture covers 78.6 square km and 8790 people.

Additionally, the subprefecture includes the following uninhabited islands, which are the four southernmost Izu Islands. These islands currently do not belong to any municipality

Municipalities of Japan

Japan has three levels of government: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities. There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards...

, because both Hachijō and Aogashima claim administrative rights, from north to south:

• Bayonnaise Rocks
  Bayonnaise Rocks
  is a group of volcanic rocks located in the Philippine Sea approximately south of Tokyo and south-southeast of Aogashima, in the southern portion of the Izu archipelago, Japan...
  
   (Beyonēzu Retsugan)
• Smith Island
  Smith Island (Japan)
  is a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea approximately off the coast of Aogashima, near the southern end of the Izu archipelago, Japan.-Geography:...
  
   (Sumisu-tō)
• Torishima
  Torishima (Izu Islands)
  , literally meaning "Bird Island", is an uninhabited volcanic island at the south end of the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean, administered by Japan.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lot's Wife
  Lot's Wife (crag)
  is a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea approximately off the coast of Tokyo, in the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan.-Geography:...
  
  (Sōfu-iwa)

Among the islands of the subprefecture, only Hachijōjima and Aogashima are inhabited.

External links

Official website
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