Ishikari Province

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Ishikari (石狩国, -no kuni^?) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu

[edit] History

• August 15, 1869 Ishikari province established with 9 districts
• 1872 Census finds a population of 6,003
• 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.

[edit] Districts

• Ishikari (石狩郡)
• Sapporo (札幌郡) Dissolved September 1, 1996 when Hiroshima Town became Kitahiroshima City
• Yūbari (夕張郡)
• Kabato (樺戸郡)
• Sorachi (空知郡)
• Uryū (雨竜郡)
• Kamikawa (上川郡)
• Atsuta (厚田郡)
• Hamamasu (浜益郡)

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