Ishikari Province

Ishikari Province (石狩国, Ishikari-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu

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

• August 15, 1869 Ishikari province established with 9 districts
• 1872 Census finds a population of 6,003
• 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.

• Ishikari (石狩郡)
• Sapporo (札幌郡) Dissolved September 1, 1996 when Hiroshima Town became Kitahiroshima City
• Yūbari (夕張郡)
• Kabato (樺戸郡)
• Sorachi (空知郡)
• Uryū (雨竜郡)
• Kamikawa (上川郡)
• Atsuta (厚田郡)
• Hamamasu (浜益郡)

• 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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• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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