Kamikawa (Tokachi) District, Hokkaido

This article is about the district in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. For other districts with this name in Hokkaido, see Kamikawa (disambiguation).

The area of Kamikawa District in Tokachi Subprefecture.

Kamikawa (上川郡, Kamikawa-gun) is a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 18,064 and a density of 12.32 persons per km². The total area is 1,465.97 km².^[1]

Towns

History

1869 – Upon the establishment of provinces and districts in Hokkaido, Kamikawa District established in Tokachi Province.
September, 1920 – Borders of Memuro Town in Kasai District modified, part of it incorporated into Shimizu Town
September 30, 1951 – Shimizu Town incorporates Mikage Village (御影村) in Kasai District

References

↑ Regions & Cities: Kamikawa. Web-Japan. Accessed April 12, 2012.

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°00′43″N 142°51′58″E / 43.012°N 142.866°E / 43.012; 142.866

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