Iheya | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Seal Type: | Emblem |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan |
Coordinates: | 27.0392°N 127.9686°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kyushu (Okinawa) |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Shimajiri |
Extinct Title: | Now part of |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 21.72 |
Population Total: | 1,214 |
Population As Of: | October 1, 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | JST |
Utc Offset1: | +09:00 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City hall address |
is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It encompasses the island of Iheya.[1]
As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,214 and the density of 56 persons per km2. The total area is 21.72 km2.
Iheya Village includes the islands of Iheya and Noho, that are linked together through the Noho-Ōhashi Bridge. Most of the land is covered with forests and a part is registered as “agriculture promotion area” (農業振興地域).[2]
Iheya Village has an area of 2172ha (21.72 km²), the land use survey of 2006 showed that 1146 ha (52.8%) were mountain forests, 285 ha (13.1%) were agricultural dry fields, 206 ha (9.5%) were moorlands, 123 ha (5.7%) were paddy fields, 37 ha (1.7%) were residential and 25 ha (1.2%) consisted in protective woods.
Iheya has given its name to a few species, including Iheyahigekusa grass (Schoenus calostachyus), Iheyayamatakamaimai snail (Satsuma iheyaensis) or Iheyatokagemodoki lizard (Goniurosaurus toyamai).
The village includes five wards.[3]
Dana, Maedomari, Gakiya and Shimajiri are on Iheya Island and Noho on Noho Island. Dana is sheltered on three sides by mountains, but Maedomari, Gakiya and Shimajiri are on alluvial deposits along the coast.[4]
Ihaya Village is located in the subtropical zone. The dominant wind blows south-south-west, with a change for a north-north-west wind from autumn to winter. The annual mean precipitations are relatively high, around 2000 mm but vary highly by seasons. Agricultural products may be damaged by typhoons or by droughts in summer and autumn.
Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates high schools elsewhere in the prefecture.
On May 25, 1964, Hihei Shiroma of Iheya petitioned the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the return of Okinawa to Japan, alongside Seigen Ukumoto of Nakazato, Okinawa and Heiryo Chibana of Yomitan, Okinawa, 8 years prior to the return of Okinawa to Japanese administrative control in 1972.[8] [9]