Kitami Province

Kitami Province (北見国, Kitami no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [kʲi̥.taꜜ.mʲi (no kɯ.ɲi)]¹) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. It corresponded to modern-day Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture minus part of Abashiri District.

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;² and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Kitami Province.³

August 15, 1869 Kitami Province established with 8 districts
1872 Census finds a population of 1,511
July 1881 Abashiri District (網尻郡) incorporated for Abashiri District (網走郡) from Kushiro Province
1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō

Districts

Sōya (宗谷郡)
Rishiri (利尻郡)
Rebun (礼文郡)
Esashi (枝幸郡)
Monbetsu (紋別郡)
Tokoro (常呂郡)
Abashiri (網走郡)
Shari (斜里郡)

Notes

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
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

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

[1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.

[3] 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

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