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Sorachi Subprefecture

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Capital
  
Iwamizawa

Population
  
365,563 (Mar 2009)

Area
  
6,558 km²

Prefecture
  
Hokkaido Prefecture

Sorachi Subprefecture

Website
  
sorachi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Sorachi Subprefecture (空知総合振興局, Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, its estimated population is 373,736 and its area is 6,558.26 km².

Contents

Cities

  • Akabira
  • Ashibetsu
  • Bibai
  • Fukagawa
  • Iwamizawa (capital)
  • Mikasa
  • Sunagawa
  • Takikawa
  • Utashinai
  • Yūbari

    • Towns and villages by district

  • Kabato District
  • Shintotsukawa
  • Tsukigata
  • Urausu
  • Sorachi District
  • Kamisunagawa
  • Naie
  • Nanporo
  • Uryū District
  • Chippubetsu
  • Hokuryū
  • Moseushi
  • Numata
  • Uryū
  • Yūbari District
  • Kuriyama
  • Naganuma
  • Yuni

    • History

  • 1897 Sorachi Subprefecture established
  • 1899 Furano Village (now Kamifurano Town, Nakafurano Town, Furano City, and Minamifurano Town) transferred to Kamikawa Subprefecture
  • 2010: Horokanai town from Uryū District transferred to Kamikawa Subprefecture

    • References

    Sorachi Subprefecture Wikipedia
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