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107: 507:) with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heavier in summer, especially the months of June and July. The average annual temperature in Toshima is 19.0 °C (66.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,626.7 mm (142.78 in) with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). Its record high is 35.2 °C (95.4 °F), reached on 18 August 2018, and its record low is −1.3 °C (29.7 °F), reached on 6 February 2003. 88: 395: 73: 48: 63: 1618: 114: 1502:, from 2 February 1946 all of the Japanese islands south of 30th latitude, including the Tokara Islands, were placed under United States military administration as part of the Provisional Government of Northern Ryukyu Islands. However, the three northern inhabited islands in the archipelago, known as the 1096:
Per Japanese census data, the population of Toshima in 2020 is 740 people. Toshima's population has been declining slowly since the census began in 1950, dropping below 1,000 by 1980, and has since stabilized at around 700. In 2015, Toshima's population briefly rebounded to 756, and in 2020, the
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in 1897. In 1908, the islands were grouped together with the Tokara Islands into Jitto Village
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and local legend states that at least some of the islands were a refuge for the defeated
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Climate data for Toshima, Nakanoshima (2003−2020 normals, extremes 2002−present)
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Gajaja Island and Ko-Gajaja Island, two islands located in the village.
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rising from the ocean floor, and most are volcanically active.
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Some of the islands have been inhabited since at least the
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of 7.3 persons per km. The total area is 101.35 km.
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The islands of Toshima Village are the exposed peaks of
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14-15 Izumichō, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima-ken 892-0822
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Village
Toshima Village Hall
Flag of Toshima
Official seal of Toshima
Location of Toshima in Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
Toshima is located in Japan
29°50′12″N 129°51′13″E / 29.83667°N 129.85361°E / 29.83667; 129.85361
Country
Japan
Region
Kyushu
Tokara Islands
Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
District
Kagoshima
Time zone
UTC+9
Japan Standard Time
Climate
Cfa
www.tokara.jp
Ryukyu robin
Rhododendron
Livistona chinensis

village
Tokara Islands
Satsunan Islands

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