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Iburi Subprefecture

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Prefecture
  
Hokkaido

Area
  
3,698 km²

Capital
  
Muroran

Population
  
426,627 (Mar 2009)

Iburi Subprefecture

Website
  
iburi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Iburi Subprefecture (胆振総合振興局, Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

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Geography

Located in south-central Hokkaido, Iburi stretches 152 kilometres (94 mi) East-West and 98 kilometres (61 mi) North-South. Iburi covers an area of 9,698 square kilometres (3,744 sq mi). Iburi borders Oshima Subprefecture to the West, Shiribeshi, Ishikari, and Sorachi Subprefectures to the North, and Hidaka Subprefecture to the East. On its South side, Iburi has 218 kilometres (135 mi) of coastline with the Pacific Ocean.

Cities

  • Date
  • Muroran (capital)
  • Noboribetsu
  • Tomakomai
  • Towns and villages by district

  • Abuta (Iburi) District
  • Tōyako
  • Toyoura
  • Shiraoi District
  • Shiraoi
  • Usu District
  • Sōbetsu
  • Yūfutsu (Iburi) District
  • Abira
  • Atsuma
  • Mukawa
  • History

  • 1897 Muroran Subprefecture established
  • 1922 Renamed Iburi Subprefecture
  • References

    Iburi Subprefecture Wikipedia