Ōshima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura)

Ōshima (大島村, Ōshima-mura) was a village located on Azuchi-Oshima Island in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,659 and a density of 106.89 persons per km2. The total area was 15.52 km2.

On October 1, 2005, Ōshima, along with the towns of Ikitsuki and Tabira (all from Kitamatsuura District), was merged into the expanded city of Hirado.

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