Map of the former Japanese provinces with Iwaki highlighted was an old province in the area that is today

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iwaki''" in . It was sometimes called .

History

* This iteration of Iwaki Province was established in

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. It was cut out of

Mutsu Province was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...

and corresponded to the eastern part of modern

on December 17 of 1868 of

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, which is January 19, 1869 of

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. Its population in 1872 was 348,608.

Historical districts

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

** Igu District (伊具郡) ** Katta District (刈田郡) **

Watari District Watari may refer to: Places *Watari District, Miyagi, Japan *Watari, Miyagi, town in Watari District * Watari Station (Miyagi), train station in Watari District * Watari Station (Kumamoto), train station in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan * Watari Mus ...

(亘理郡) *

Nakadōri is a region comprising the middle third of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is sandwiched between the regions of Aizu to the west and Hamadōri to the east. The principal cities of the area are Kōriyama and the prefecture's capital, Fukushima ...

Region, Fukushima *** Ishikawa District (石川郡) ***

Shirakawa District may refer to: People * Shirakawa (surname) * Emperor Shirakawa, an eleventh-century emperor of Japan Places

* Shirakawa, Fukushima, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ** Shirakawa Domain, a feudal domain of Edo-period Japan * Shirakawa ...

(白川郡, a.k.a. Higashishirakawa or East Shirakawa) ***

Shirakawa District may refer to: People * Shirakawa (surname) * Emperor Shirakawa, an eleventh-century emperor of Japan Places

* Shirakawa, Fukushima, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ** Shirakawa Domain, a feudal domain of Edo-period Japan * Shirakawa ...

(白河郡, a.k.a. Nishishirakwa or West Shirakawa) *** Tamura District (田村郡) **

Hamadōri is the easternmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Aizu in the west. Hamadōri is bordered by the Abukuma Highlands to the west and the Pacific Ocea ...

Region, Fukushima *** Iwaki District (磐城郡) - absorbed Iwasaki and Kikuta Districts to become a new and expanded Iwaki District (石城郡) on April 1, 1896 *** Iwasaki District (磐前郡) - merged into Iwaki District (along with Kikuta District) on April 1, 1896 *** Kikuta District (菊多郡) - merged into Iwaki District (along with Iwasaki District) on April 1, 1896 *** Namekata District (行方郡) - merged with Uda District to become Sōma District on April 1, 1896 *** Naraha District (楢葉郡) - merged with Shineha District to become Futaba District on April 1, 1896 *** Shineha District (標葉郡) - merged with Naraha District to become Futaba District on April 1, 1896 *** Uda District (宇多郡) - merged with Namekata District to become Sōma District on April 1, 1896

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References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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