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Hiyama Subprefecture

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Capital
  
Esashi

Prefecture
  
Hokkaido Prefecture

Area
  
2,630 km²

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Website
  
hiyama.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Hiyama Subprefecture (檜山振興局, Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan side. It includes Okushiri Island. It was established in 1897.

Contents

Map of Hiyama District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

Cities

There are no cities in this subprefecture.

Towns and villages by district

  • Hiyama District
  • Assabu
  • Esashi (capital)
  • Kaminokuni
  • Kudō District
  • Setana
  • Nishi District
  • Otobe
  • Okushiri District
  • Okushiri
  • Setana District
  • Imakane

    • History

  • 1897 Hiyama Subprefecture was established.
  • 2005 Kumaishi Town (Nishi District) was merged with Yakumo Town (Yamakoshi District, Oshima Subprefecture) and transferred to Oshima Subprefecture. At the same time, Hiyama Subprefecture was divided between north and south.
  • 2014 Esashi Line (from Kikonai Station to Esashi Station) was abolished. Therefore, Hiyama Subprefecture became the only subprefecture in which there is no railway.

    • References

    Hiyama Subprefecture Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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