Tokachi Province
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Tokachi Province (十勝国 Tokachi-no kuni?) was a short-lived province in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Tokachi Subprefecture.
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History
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Tokachi Province.[2]
- August 15, 1869 Tokachi Province established with 7 districts
- 1872 Census finds a population of 1,464
- 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō
Districts
- Hiroo (広尾郡)
- Tōbui (当縁郡) - dissolved April 1, 1906 when 3 villages merged into Moyori Village (now Hiroo Town) in Hirō District and two villages merged with Ōtsu Village in Tokachi District
- Kamikawa (上川郡)
- Nakagawa (中川郡)
- Katō (河東郡)
- Kasai (河西郡)
- Tokachi (十勝郡)
Notes
- ↑ 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
- 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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