Oki District

…The island consists of the four islands of Dogo, which is almost circular, Chiburijima, Nakanojima, and Nishinojima to the southwest (these three islands are called Dozen), as well as about 180 other small islands. Dogo was once divided into two districts, Suki and Ochi, while Dozen was divided into two districts, Chibu and Ama, but in 1969 the four districts were merged and the whole area was renamed Oki District. Dogo (242.8 km2) has the towns of Saigo and Fuse, Goka, and Tsuma, while Dozen has the village of Chibu on Chiburijima (13 km2), Ama on Nakanojima (32.1 km2), and Nishinoshima on Nishinojima (56.5 km2), for a total area of ​​about 348 km2. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oki County" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ほぼ円形の島後（どうご）と南西の知夫里（ちぶり）島，中ノ島，西ノ島(この3島を島前（どうぜん）という)の4島のほか，約180の小島からなる。かつて島後は周吉（すき），穏地（おち）の2郡，島前は知夫，海士（あま）の2郡に分かれていたが，1969年4郡を合併して全域を隠岐郡と改称した。島後(242.8km2)には西郷町と布施，五箇，都万（つま）の3村，島前には知夫里島(13km2)に知夫村，中ノ島(32.1km2)に海士町，西ノ島(56.5km2)に西ノ島町があり，面積は合計約348km2。…

※「隠岐郡」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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