Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, Hokkaido

The area of Kamikawa (Ishikari) District in Kamikawa Subprefecture.

Kamikawa (上川郡 (石狩国), Kamikawa-gun (Ishikari no kuni)) is a district located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Confusingly, there is a district of the same name, Kamikawa (Teshio) District, in the same subprefecture. In 1869, when Hokkaido was divided into 11 provinces and 86 districts, this Kamikawa District was placed under Ishikari Province. The name is derived from its location at the headwaters of the Ishikari River, whereas the other Kamikawa District is named after the headwaters of the Teshio River. There is a third district in Hokkaido with the same name, see Kamikawa (Tokachi) District.

As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 56,867 and a density of 20.88 persons per km². The total area is 2,723.49 km².

Asahikawa Airport stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura in Kamikawa District.

Towns

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°32′39″N 143°01′16″E / 43.5443°N 143.021°E / 43.5443; 143.021

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