Subprefectures of Japan information

largest prefecture by area in Japan, was divided into fourteen subprefectures. These were formed in 1897. The subprefectures did not include major cities...

offices", or "branches of the prefectural government". See details in Subprefectures of Japan and an example of Kushiro Subprefecture. Under Qing dynasty...

Okhotsk Subprefecture (オホーツク総合振興局, Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri...

(根室振興局, Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed Kuril Islands (known as...

called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, which is often translated in English as subprefectures. Normally, a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen cities...

Ogasawara Subprefecture (小笠原支庁, Ogasawara-shichō) is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin...

area of 9,698 square kilometres (3,744 sq mi). Iburi borders Oshima Subprefecture to the West, Shiribeshi, Ishikari, and Sorachi Subprefectures to the...

Sorachi Subprefectures Teshio District, managed by Rumoi and Sōya Subprefectures Yūfutsu District, managed by Iburi and Kamikawa Subprefectures List of dissolved...

Oshima-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 456,621 and an area of 3,715.38 km2. Hakodate Airport...

Subprefecture (留萌振興局, Rumoi-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, it had a population of 52,627 and an area of 4...

Sorachi Subprefecture (空知総合振興局, Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, its estimated population is 373...

Hiyama Subprefecture (檜山振興局, Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan side...

Kushiro Subprefecture (釧路総合振興局, Kushiro-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Kushiro is home to a population of red-crowned...

Ishikari Subprefecture (石狩振興局, Ishikari-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. The...

District transferred from Kushiro Subprefecture. Rowthorn, Chris. (2009). Japan, p. 641. Official website (in Japanese) 42°55′47″N 143°12′30″E / 42.929625°N...

types Regions of Japan (unofficial) Prefectures of Japan Subprefectures of Japan Districts of Japan Municipalities of Japan Wards of Japan From north to...

Subprefecture (後志総合振興局, Shiribeshi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The subprefecture's capital is Kutchan. As of...

There are only two types of subprefectural divisions: subprefecture and district. Subprefectures (支庁, shichō) are a Japanese form of self-government which...

list of lakes in Japan ranked by surface area. 1) For lakes in the Hokkaidō region, Subprefecture is listed Lakes portal List of lakes by area List of lakes...

into towns (町, chō/machi) and villages (村, son/mura). Hokkaidō has 14 subprefectures that act as General Subprefectural Bureaus (総合振興局, sōgō-shinkō-kyoku...

feminine Japanese given name Nanae, Hokkaido, a town in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan Nanae Station, a railway station in the town of Nanae news...

Subprefecture (日高振興局, Hidaka-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The west side of the Hidaka mountains occupies most of the...

District, Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan Matsumae District, Hokkaidō, a district located in southwestern Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan This disambiguation page...

Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Kamikawa no hitobito no Shūraku (Village of the Upstream People)...

Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239...