Kamikawa Subprefecture

Kamikawa Subprefecture 上川総合振興局
Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku
Location of Kamikawa Subprefecture
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 (上川総合振興局, 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

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Kamikawa Subprefecture (without Horokanai)

Cities

• Asahikawa (capital)
• Furano
• Nayoro
• Shibetsu

Towns and villages by district

• Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
  • Aibetsu
  • Biei
  • Higashikagura
  • Higashikawa
  • Kamikawa
  • Pippu
  • Takasu
  • Tōma
• Kamikawa (Teshio) District
  • Kenbuchi
  • Shimokawa
  • Wassamu
• Nakagawa (Teshio) District
  • Bifuka
  • Nakagawa
  • Otoineppu
• Sorachi (Kamikawa) District
  • Kamifurano
  • Minamifurano
  • Nakafurano
• Uryū District
  • Horokanai (since April 1, 2010)
• Yūfutsu (Kamikawa) District
  • Shimukappu

Mergers

See also: List of mergers in Hokkaido § Kamikawa Subprefecture

External links

• (Japanese) Official website