Kitami Province

Kitami Province (北見国, Kitami-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Sōya Subprefecture and Abashiri Subprefecture minus part of Abashiri District

Location of Kitami Province c. 1869. Green highlighted area is Abashiri District from Kushiro Province c. 1881.

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Kitami Province.[2]

  • 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

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.
  2. 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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