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Kitami Province (北見国, Kitami no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [kʲi̥.taꜜ.mʲi (no kɯ.ɲi)][1]) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. It corresponded to modern-day Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture minus part of Abashiri District.
History
[edit]After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[2] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Kitami Province.[3]
- August 15, 1869 Kitami Province established with 8 districts
- 1872 Census finds a population of 1,511
- July 1881 Abashiri District (網尻郡) incorporated for Abashiri District (網走郡) from Kushiro Province
- 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō
Districts
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
- ↑ 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
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