Irabu Island
Native name: Irabu-jima (伊良部島) | |
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![]() Irabu Island is to the west of Miyako Island | |
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Geography | |
Location | Okinawa Prefecture |
Coordinates | 24°50′20″N 125°9′56″E / 24.83889°N 125.16556°E |
Archipelago | Miyako Islands |
Adjacent to | East China Sea |
Area | 29.06 km2 (11.22 sq mi)[1] |
Highest elevation | 89.0 m (292 ft) |
Administration | |
Prefecture | Okinawa Prefecture |
Demographics | |
Population | 4,693 (2015 national census)[1] |
Ethnic groups | Ryukyuan, Japanese |
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Irabu Island (伊良部島, Irabu-jima) (Miyako: Irav), is an island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is connected to Miyako Island by a 3,540-metre-long (11,610 ft) bridge Irabu Ohashi (伊良部大橋),[1] which was completed in January 2015.[2] Irabu Island is also connected via six bridges to Shimoji-shima.[1] There are multiple language variants spoken on the island: Nakachi-Irabu, Kuninaka, Sawada-Nagahama, and Sarahama (which is a variant of Ikema language spoken by descendants of emigrants from Ikema Island).[3]
Etymology
[edit]The term comes from the Japanization of the Miyakoan name Irav, in turn from Proto-Ryukyuan *erabu (tone class B). Cognates in other Ryukyuan languages include Okinoerabu irabu, referring to Okinoerabujima.[4]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Irabu (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1978−2009) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.9 (93.0) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 35.1 (95.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.1 (78.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.5 (74.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.2 (70.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 5.1 (41.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 6.4 (43.5) | 5.1 (41.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 116.9 (4.60) | 122.4 (4.82) | 128.6 (5.06) | 152.1 (5.99) | 184.6 (7.27) | 174.3 (6.86) | 102.4 (4.03) | 208.0 (8.19) | 194.6 (7.66) | 129.6 (5.10) | 116.1 (4.57) | 129.0 (5.08) | 1,758.4 (69.23) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.9 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 133 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.9 | 94.6 | 125.0 | 127.8 | 130.0 | 150.7 | 208.1 | 210.6 | 189.2 | 170.3 | 128.3 | 111.5 | 1,740 |
Source: JMA[5][6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Remote island related materials (離 島 関 係 資 料)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "伊良部島", Retrieved on 13 January 2018.[circular reference]
- ^ Heinrich, Patrick; Miyara, Shinsho; Shimoji, Michinori (17 February 2015). Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages: History, Structure, and Use. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 405–406. ISBN 9781614511151.
- ^ National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics. "語彙詳細 - 日本の危機言語 (Detailed vocabulary - Endangered Languages of Japan)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ 観測史上1~10位の値(年間を通じての値). JMA. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ 過去の気象データ検索. JMA. Retrieved 24 February 2022.