is a

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located in

Oshima Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004 it had a population of 456,621 and an area of 3,715.38 km2. Hakodate Airport is located in the City of Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hok ...

Hokkaido is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. As of 2004, the district has an estimated

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of 39,166 and a

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of 111.43 persons per km². The total area is 351.49 km² (136 miles²).

Towns

* Nanae

Merger

*On December 1, 2004, the towns of Esan and Toi, and the village of Todohokke merged into the expanded city of

Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.8 ...

. *On February 1, 2006, the town of Ōno merged with the town of Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, to form the new city of Hokuto. Districts in Hokkaido {{Hokkaido-geo-stub