Talk:Hashima Island

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This article needs work by someone that is more familiar with the subject. I just found that there wasn't an entry for Gunkanjima while doing some research and just created the article. There also needs to be the Japanese characters which I am not familiar with either. -James

[edit] Rename page?

Should this be renamed 'Hashima' or 'Hashima_(island)' to be more congruent with other Japanese island naming conventions on Wikipedia? Also, as 'shima' means 'island' in Japanese, 'Hashima Island' is a bit redundant. Just a thought.

In the link you gave, all the islands article are either named simply "Somethingshima" or "Somethingshima Island". So the current name seems to be in line with the naming convention... Pieleric 15:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be renamed Hashima, Nagasaki. The other articles should not be named ~shima Island either. Drcwright 05:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Population density

The population denstity (/sq km) figure is not correct Swe 2 02:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Care to elaborate? --Awiseman 04:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

According to Cabinet Magazine, Hashima is 6,3 acres (0.063km²) and according to the same page, the peak population was 5259 people. 5259 inhabitants / 0.063 square kilometres = 83,476.2 inhabitants/km². No? --AiR 20:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

The claimed density that's on the page (3460/km²) is not even close to the following claim, "supposedly the highest population density ever recorded worldwide". Monaco's density is 23,660/km2.

I'm going to add the Cabinet Magazine figure:

"The population of Hashima reached a peak of 5,259 in 1959. People were literally jammed into every nook and corner of the apartment blocks. The rocky slopes holding most of these buildings comprised about 60 percent of the total island area of 6.3 hectares (15.6 acres), while the flat property reclaimed from the sea was used mostly for industrial facilities and made up the remaining 40 percent. At 835 people per hectare for the whole island, or an incredible 1,391 per hectare for the residential district, it is said to be the highest population density ever recorded in the world. Even Warabi, a Tokyo bedtown and the most densely populated city in modern Japan, notches up only 141 people per hectare."

--Awiseman 21:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)