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located in Hokkaidō. 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 *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.''
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