Kushiro Subprefecture

Kushiro Subprefecture 釧路総合振興局
Kushiro-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku

Prefecture	Hokkaido
Capital	Kushiro
Area
• Total	5,997.38 km² (2,315.60 sq mi)
Population (March 2009)
• Total	261,883
• Density	44/km² (110/sq mi)
Website	kushiro.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Kushiro Subprefecture (釧路総合振興局, Kushiro-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Geography

Kushiro Subprefecture

Cities

Kushiro (capital)

Towns and villages by district

Mergers

History

November, 1897 Kushiro Subprefecture established
August, 1922 Renamed Kushironokuni Subprefecture (釧路国支庁)
October 20, 1948 Ashoro District transferred to Tokachi Subprefecture
April 1, 1957 Name returned to Kushiro Subprefecture

External links

(Japanese) Official website

42°58′36″N 144°23′06″E / 42.976667°N 144.385056°E / 42.976667; 144.385056Coordinates: 42°58′36″N 144°23′06″E / 42.976667°N 144.385056°E / 42.976667; 144.385056

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

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