Kamikawa Subprefecture

Kamikawa Subprefecture 上川かみかわ総合そうごう振興しんこう局きょく
subprefecture
Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku
Coordinates: 43°48′27″N 142°26′22″E
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Capital	Asahikawa
Area
• Total	9,852.17 km2 (3,803.94 sq mi)
Population  (March 2009)
• Total	535,456
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Website	kamikawa.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Kamikawa Subprefecture (without Horokanai)

Asahikawa City

Kamikawa (上川かみかわ総合そうごう振興しんこう局きょく, 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), a translation of the Ainu Peni Unguri Kotan. Settlement began in 1867. The sub-prefecture was established in 1897.

Asahikawa Airport stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District.

Geography

Municipalities

Name		Area (km2)	Population	District	Type	Map
Rōmaji	Kanji
Aibetsu	愛別あいべつ町まち	250.13	2,992	Kamikawa District	Town
Asahikawa (capital)	旭川あさひかわ市し	747.6	333,530	no district	City
Biei	美瑛びえい町まち	677.16	10,374	Kamikawa District	Town
Bifuka	美深びふか町まち	672.14	4,609	Nakagawa District	Town
Furano	富良野ふらの市し	600.97	22,715	no district	City
Higashikagura	東神楽ひがしかぐら町まち	68.64	10,385	Kamikawa District	Town
Higashikawa	東川ひがしがわ町まち	247.06	8,092	Kamikawa District	Town
Horokanai	幌加内ほろかない町まち	767.03	1,571	Uryū District	Town
Kamifurano	上富良野かみふらの町まち	237.18	11,055	Sorachi District	Town
Kamikawa	上川かみかわ町まち	1,049.24	3,706	Kamikawa District	Town
Kenbuchi	剣淵けんぶち町まち	131.2	3,293	Kamikawa District	Town
Minamifurano	南富良野みなみふらの町まち	665.52	2,611	Sorachi District	Town
Nakafurano	中富良野なかふらの町まち	108.7	5,086	Sorachi District	Town
Nakagawa	中川なかがわ町まち	594.87	1,585	Nakagawa District	Town
Nayoro	名寄なよせ市し	535.23	28,373	no district	City
Otoineppu	音威子府おといねっぷ村むら	275.64	831	Nakagawa District	Village
Pippu	比布ひふ町まち	87.29	3,845	Kamikawa District	Town
Shibetsu	士別しべつ市し	1,119.29	19,794	no district	City
Shimokawa	下川しもかわ町まち	644.2	3,836	Kamikawa District	Town
Shimukappu	占冠しむかっぷ村むら	571.31	1,251	Yūfutsu District	Village
Takasu	鷹栖たかす町まち	139.44	6,780	Kamikawa District	Town
Tōma	当麻とうま町まち	204.95	6,662	Kamikawa District	Town
Wassamu	和寒わっさむ町まち	224.83	3,553	Kamikawa District	Town

Mergers

See also: List of mergers in Hokkaido § Kamikawa Subprefecture

External links

• Official Website (in Japanese)