Ishikari Subprefecture
Ishikari
(石狩) is a
subprefecture
of
Hokkaido Prefecture
,
Japan
, located in the western part of the island. Its population in
2003
was 2,279,943. There are 6 cities, three towns, and one village under its jurisdiction. The subprefectural capital is Sapporo, also the capital of Hokkaido prefecture.
Shikotsu-Toya National Park
is located in the southern part, and in the north is Shokanbetsuteuriyagishiri Quasi-National Park.
Geography
Cities
1.
Sapporo
(capital of the prefecture and the subprefecture)
2.
Ebetsu
3.
Chitose
4.
Eniwa
5.
Kitahiroshima
6.
Ishikari
Districts
Ishikari
7.
Tobetsu
8.
Shinshinotsu
Atsuta
9.
Atsuta
Hamamasu
10.
Hamamasu
History
1897
Sapporo Subprefecture established
1922
Renamed Ishikari Subprefecture
1996
Hiroshima Town becomes
Kitahiroshima
City, dissolving Sapporo District
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