Ikema Island

Ikema Island
Native name: Ikema-jima (池間島)
	Aerial view of Ikema-jima from southeast
	Ikema Island is located to the north of Miyako Island
Geography
Location	Okinawa Prefecture
Coordinates	24°55′N 125°15′E / 24.917°N 125.250°E
Archipelago	Miyako Islands
Area	2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Highest elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Highest point	Unknown
Administration
	Japan
Demographics
Population	774 (2018)
Ethnic groups	Ryukyuan, Japanese

Ikema Island (池間島, Ikema-jima, Miyako: Ikyaama (イキャーマ)), is located to the north of Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is connected to Miyako Island with a 1,425-metre-long (4,675 ft) bridge (池間大橋), which was completed in February 1992.^[3]^[1] There is a pond in the centre of the island. To the north-east is the Ikema-jima Block Beach (池間島ブロックビーチ). The variety of Miyakoan language spoken here is also called Ikema (Ikima in the vernacular). It is set apart from closely related language variants by its lexical word-tone system.^[4]

The 1,425-metre (4,675 ft) long Ikema bridge connects Ikema Island with Miyako Island.
Ikemajima Block Beach

References

^ ^a ^b "Department of Land and Islands, Planning Department, Okinawa Prefecture (指定離島・指定離島一覧)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Ikema island tourism information site", 池間ねっと, 2018. Retrieved on 13 January 2018.
^ "Ikema Ohashi", 池間ねっと, 2018. Retrieved on 13 January 2018.
^ Shimoji, Michinori; Pellard, Thomas (2010). An Introduction to Ryukyuan Languages. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. pp. 167–188. ISBN 978-4-86337-072-2.

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[deptIslands-1] "Department of Land and Islands, Planning Department, Okinawa Prefecture (指定離島・指定離島一覧)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[2] "Ikema island tourism information site", 池間ねっと, 2018. Retrieved on 13 January 2018.

[3] "Ikema Ohashi", 池間ねっと, 2018. Retrieved on 13 January 2018.

[4] Shimoji, Michinori; Pellard, Thomas (2010). An Introduction to Ryukyuan Languages. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. pp. 167–188. ISBN 978-4-86337-072-2.

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v t e Okinawa Prefecture
Naha (capital)
Core city	Naha
Cities	Ginowan Ishigaki Itoman Miyakojima Nago Nanjō Okinawa Tomigusuku Urasoe Uruma
Districts	Miyako District Tarama Yaeyama District Taketomi Yonaguni Kunigami District Kin Motobu Ginoza Higashi Ie Kunigami Nakijin Onna Ōgimi Nakagami District Chatan Kadena Nishihara Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Yomitan Shimajiri District Haebaru Kumejima Yaese Yonabaru Aguni Iheya Izena Kitadaitō Minamidaitō Tokashiki Tonaki Zamami
List of mergers in Okinawa Prefecture Hydrographic Cape Hedo Cape Irizaki Henoko Bay Kokuba River Lake Man Miyako Strait Nakagusuku Bay

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan

See also

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