Nemuro Province
Nemuro Province (
History[edit]
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Nemuro Province.[2]
- August 15, 1869 Nemuro Province created with five districts
- 1872 Population is 832.
- January 1885 Shikotan transferred to Chishima Province
Districts[edit]
- Hanasaki (
花咲 郡 ) (dissolved April 1, 1959 when Habomai Village was merged into Nemuro City; originally included Shikotan District) - Nemuro (
根室 郡 ) (dissolved August 1, 1957 when Nemuro Town and Wada Village merged to form Nemuro City) - Notsuke (
野付 郡 ) - Shibetsu (
標津 郡 ) - Menashi (
目梨 郡 )
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128