Monbetsu District in Abashiri Subprefecture

is a

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located in

Okhotsk Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897. Etymology Abashiri Prefecture was named after the subprefectural office ...

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. In 1869, Hokkaido was divided into 11

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and 86 districts. Monbetsu was originally placed in Kitami Province. As of 2004, the district has an estimated

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of 49,851 and a

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of 12.74 persons per km². The total area is 3,912.51 km².

Towns and villages

* Engaru * Nishiokoppe * Okoppe * Ōmu * Takinoue * Yūbetsu

History

*On November 15, 1950, a section of Shimoyūbetsu Village was cut off and incorporated into Saroma Village, Tokoro District. *On July 1, 1954, Monbetsu Town, Kamishokotsu Village and Shokotsu Village merged to form Monbetsu

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, splitting it from the district. *On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu, and the village of Shirataki

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into the expanded town of Engaru. *On October 1, 2009, the town of Kamiyūbetsu merged into the town of Yūbetsu; both are in Monbetsu District, Abashiri Subprefecture.

References

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