Ishikari Province
Ishikari Province (石狩国, Ishikari-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu
History
[edit]After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Ishikari Province.[2]
- August 15, 1869 Ishikari province established with 9 districts
- 1872 Census finds a population of 6,003
- 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.
Districts
[edit]- Ishikari (石狩郡)
- Sapporo (札幌郡) Dissolved September 1, 1996 when Hiroshima Town became Kitahiroshima City
- Yūbari (夕張郡)
- Kabato (樺戸郡)
- Sorachi (空知郡)
- Uryū (雨竜郡)
- Kamikawa (上川郡)
- Atsuta (厚田郡)
- Hamamasu (浜益郡)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.
- ^ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88., p. 33, at Google Books
References
[edit]- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Other websites
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Media related to Ishikari Province at Wikimedia Commons
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