Ashoro District, Hokkaido

The area of Ashoro District in Tokachi Subprefecture.

Ashoro (足寄郡, Ashoro-gun) is a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 11,424 and a density of 5.66 persons per km². The total area is 2,016.90 km².

Towns

History

1869 Provinces and districts established in Hokkaido, Ashoro District created in Kushiro Province
October 20, 1948 Ashoro District split off from Kushirokuni Subprefecture (now Kushiro Subprefecture) and incorporated into Tokachi Subprefecture
April 1, 1951 Part of Nishiashoro Town, Nakagawa District incorporated into Rikubetsu Town
April 1, 1955 Nishiashoro Town, Nakagawa District merged with Ashoro Village to form Ashoro Town, Ashoro District

Hokkaido

Subprefectures	Hidaka Hiyama Iburi Ishikari Kamikawa Kushiro Nemuro Okhotsk Oshima Rumoi Shiribeshi Sorachi Sōya Tokachi

Wards of Sapporo (capital city)	Atsubetsu Chūō Higashi Kita Kiyota Minami Nishi Shiroishi Teine Toyohira

Cities	Abashiri Akabira Asahikawa Ashibetsu Bibai Chitose Date Ebetsu Eniwa Fukagawa Furano Hakodate Hokuto Ishikari Iwamizawa Kitahiroshima Kitami Kushiro Mikasa Monbetsu Muroran Nayoro Nemuro Noboribetsu Obihiro Otaru Rumoi Shibetsu Sunagawa Takikawa Tomakomai Utashinai Wakkanai Yūbari

Districts	Abashiri Abuta (Shiribeshi · Iburi) Akan Akkeshi Ashoro Esashi Furubira Furuu Futami Hidaka Hiroo Hiyama Horoizumi Ishikari Isoya Iwanai Kabato Kameda Kamiiso Kamikawa Ishikari Teshio Tokachi Kasai Katō Kawakami Kayabe Kudō Kushiro Mashike Matsumae Menashi Monbetsu Nakagawa Teshio Tokachi Niikappu Nishi Notsuke Okushiri Rebun Rishiri Rumoi Samani Saru Setana Shakotan Shari Shibetsu Shimamaki Shiranuka Shiraoi Sorachi (Kamikawa · Sorachi) Sōya Suttsu Teshio (Rumoi · Sōya) Tokoro Tokachi Tomamae Urakawa Uryū (Kamikawa · Sorachi) Usu Yamakoshi Yoichi Yūbari Yūfutsu (Iburi · Kamikawa)

Disputed lands	Kuril Islands dispute

Coordinates: 43°24′56″N 143°37′06″E / 43.41556°N 143.61833°E / 43.41556; 143.61833

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