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Ryukyu Islands

LC control no.n 79145745
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingRyukyu Islands
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Geographic subdivision usageJapan--Ryukyu Islands
Variant(s)Ryūkyū Seifu
Ryūkyū Rinji Chūō Seifu
Loo Choo Islands
Liuqiu
Nansei Shotō
Riukiu-Inseln
Yugu (Islands)
Ryūkyū Rettō
Ryūkyū Shotō
See alsoZhongshan (Kingdom)
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Found inU.S. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Japan, Nansei Shotō--Yaeyama--Rettō, 1989: map recto (Nansei Shotō)
Pferde auf See, 1991: t.p. (Riukiu-Inseln)
Chosŏn, Yugu kwanʼgye saryo chipsŏng, 1998: t.p. (Yugu)
Qing dai Liuqiu guo wang biao zou wen shu xuan lu, 1997: t.p. (Liuqiu; Liuqiu Guo)
Encyc. Brit. online, 04/26/2001 article "Hung-wu", p. 1 (Liuqiu, now Ryukyu Islands)
Dict. of Ming bio. 1368-1644, 1976: p . 165 (Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands, formed Zhongshan kingdom in ancient times)
Britannica Micro.: v. 10, p. 272 (Ryukyu Islands; formed an independent kingdom in ancient times; in 1879 became an integral part of Japan)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (island; 26°30ʹ00ʺN 128°00ʹ00ʺE)
Ryūkyū Rettō 1:25,000, 1944: map recto (Ryūkyū Rettō)
Geographic area codea-ja---
Invalid LCCNsh 85116131 nr2001004643