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Native name: 壱岐島, Iki-no-shima, Iki rettō | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 33°47′N 129°43′E / 33.783°N 129.717°E |
Adjacent to | Tsushima Strait |
Total islands | 4 inhabited, 18 total |
Area | 138.46 km2 (53.46 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 212.9 m (698.5 ft) |
Highest point | Takenotsuji |
Administration | |
Prefectures | Nagasaki |
City | Iki |
Demographics | |
Population | 28,008 (2013) |
Pop. density | 202/km2 (523/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Japanese |
Iki Island (壱岐島, Iki-no-shima), or the Iki Archipelago (壱岐諸島, Iki-shotō), is an archipelago in the Tsushima Strait,[1] which is administered as the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The islands have a total area of 138.46 square kilometres (53.46 sq mi) with a total population of 28,008. Only four (4) of the twenty-three (23) named islands are permanently inhabited. Together with the neighboring islands of Tsushima, they are collectively within the borders of the Iki–Tsushima Quasi-National Park.[2]