Minami Daito, Okinawa

Infobox City Japan
Name= Minamidaitō Village
JapaneseName= 南大東村
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Region= Kyūshū (Ryukyu)
Prefecture= Okinawa
District= Shimajiri
Area_km2= 30.57
PopDate= July 2008
Population= 1,417
Density_km2= 46.4
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LatitudeDegrees= 25
LatitudeMinutes= 50
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LongtitudeDegrees= 131
LongtitudeMinutes= 14
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Kenshō Nakada
CityHallPostalCode= 901-3895
CityHallAddress=144-1 Aza Minami, Minamidaitō-son, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa-ken
CityHallPhone= 09802-2-2001
CityHallLink= [http://www.vill.minamidaito.okinawa.jp/ Minamidaitō Village] nihongo|Minamidaitō|南大東島|Minamidaitō-jima, also spelt as Minami Daitō or Minami-Daitō, is the largest of the Daitō Islands located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan. The municipality serving the island is the village of nihongo|Minamidaitō|南大東村|"Minamidaitō-son".

The island was originally named South Borodino Island after being discovered by the Russian marine vessel "Borodino" in 1820.

In 1899 a pioneering team from Hachijō Island became the first human inhabitants of the island, using the land to grow sugarcane. A freight train system was established and later dismantled in favor of contemporary transportation. [ [http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/025/en/card/5-11-1.html MACHINAMI : Minami Daito Island ] ]

The island is in the subtropical zone and was formed out of coral reef. With the exception of neighboring Kitadaitō, there is no inhabited land within 400km of Minamidaitō.

Minami-Daito Airport serves the island.

Island groupings

*Ryukyu/Nansei Islands
**Ryūkyū Shotō
***Okinawa Islands
****Daitō Islands

References

External links

*Wikitravel|Minamidaito