was a short-lived
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
located in
Hokkaidō
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
. It corresponded to the southern part of today's
Oshima and
Hiyama Subprefectures
History
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido; and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Oshima Province.
[ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in ]
*August 15, 1869 Oshima Province established with seven
districts
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*1872 Census reports 75,830 inhabitants of the province
*July, 1881 Tsugaru District and Fukushima District merged to form Matsumae District, reducing the number of districts to six.
*1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.
Districts
*
Kameda (亀田郡, -gun))
*
Kayabe (茅部郡)
*
Kamiiso (上磯郡)
*Fukushima (福島郡), merged with Tsugaru District in 1881 to form
Matsumae District
*Tsugaru (津軽郡), merged with Fukushima District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
*
Hiyama (檜山郡)
*
Nishi (爾志郡)
Notes
References
*
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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.
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Former provinces of Japan
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