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The Sakishima Islands are a group of islands comprising the southern half of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Island chain]]. They consist of the [[Miyako Islands]] (to the south of [[Okinawa Island]]), the [[Yaeyama Islands]] (to the south of the Miyakos), and [[Yonaguni Island]] (the westernmost of the Ryûkyû Islands, just east of [[Taiwan]]).
The Sakishima Islands are a group of islands comprising the southern half of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Island chain]]. They consist of the [[Miyako Islands]] (to the south of [[Okinawa Island]]), the [[Yaeyama Islands]] (to the south of the Miyakos), and [[Yonaguni Island]] (the westernmost of the Ryûkyû Islands, just east of [[Taiwan]]).
The islands are home to roughly 45,000<ref>Matt Gillan, "Treasures of the Island People: Tradition
and Modernity in Yaeyaman Pop Music," ''Asian Music'' 39:1 (2008), 42.</ref> of the 1.45 million people in Okinawa prefecture, the remaining 1.4 million of whom live on Okinawa Island or on other islands closely nearby to Okinawa.
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