Ishikari Subprefecture
Ishikari Subprefecture
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Ishikari-shinkō-kyoku | |
Prefecture | Hokkaido |
Capital | Sapporo |
Area | |
• Total | 3,539.86 km2 (1,366.75 sq mi) |
Population (July 31, 2023) | |
• Total | 2,379,802 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Website | ishikari.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp |
Ishikari Subprefecture (
Etymology[edit]
The word Ishikari comes from the Ainu language, and several theories exist as to the meaning of the name.[2][3]
- The most common translation of "Ishikari", proposed by the missionary and researcher of the Ainu language John Batchelor (1854 – 1944) in 1935, is "a greatly wandering river", a reference to the meandering path of the Ishikari River. According to Batchelor Ishikari is a corruption of "i-sikar-pet" or "ishikaripet". The 'i' sound of i-sikar-pet is a prefix meaning "greatly" or "exceedingly"; shikari meaning "zigzag" or "serpentine", and pet is the Ainu word for river.[4]
- Tōgo Yoshida (1864 – 1918), proposed in the Dai Nihon Chimei Jisho, published between 1907 and 1910, that "Ishikaripet" had its origin in the Ainu language word "Ishikarapet", meaning "a beautifully formed river"; ishu meaning "beautiful", kara meaning "constructed" and pet meaning river.[5]
"Ishikari" is written in the Japanese language using ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first,
Geography[edit]
Municipalities[edit]
Name | Area (km2) | Population | District | Type | Map | |
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Rōmaji | Kanji | |||||
Chitose | 594.5 | 98,047 | no district | City | ||
Ebetsu | 187.38 | 118,764 | ||||
Eniwa | 294.65 | 70,278 | ||||
Ishikari | 722.42 | 57,764 | ||||
Kitahiroshima | 119.05 | 57,019 | ||||
Sapporo (prefectural and subprefectural capital) | 1,121.26 | 1,959,750 | ||||
Shinshinotsu | 78.04 | 2,833 | Ishikari District | Village | ||
Tōbetsu | 422.86 | 15,347 | Town |
Mergers[edit]
History[edit]
- 1897: Sapporo Subprefecture established.
- 1922: Renamed Ishikari Subprefecture.
- 1996: Hiroshima Town becomes Kitahiroshima City, dissolving Sapporo District.
Transportation[edit]
Ishikari Prefecture has two airports, both serving the greater Sapporo area.
- Okadama Airport (Domestic)
- New Chitose Airport (International) (Located in the city of Chitose)
References[edit]
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振興 局 の概要 :地勢 [Subprefecture Overview: Topography] (in Japanese). Sapporo, Hokkaido: Hokkaido Government Ishikari Subprefectural Bureau. 2011. Retrieved Sep 23, 2012. - ^ a b "S". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
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石狩川 " [Ishikara River]. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-02. - ^ Batchelor, John (1935). アイヌ
語 より見 たる日本 地名 研究 [Japanese Place Names of Ainu Language Origin] (in Japanese). Sapporo: Bachirā Gakuen. OCLC 672445037. - ^ Yoshida, Tōgo (1969–1971).
大 日本 地名 辞書 [Dictionary of Japanese Place Names] (in Japanese). Vol. 8,北海道 ・樺太 ・琉球 ・台湾 (Annotated ed.). Tokyo: Fuzanbō. ISBN 9784572000279. OCLC 123313133.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)