Abashiri District in Abashiri Subprefecture

is a

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located in

Okhotsk Subprefecture is a Subprefectures of Hokkaido, subprefecture of Hokkaido, 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 n ...

Hokkaido is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan 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 fr ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. As of April 2025, the district has an estimated

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of 31,750 and a

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of 25.37 persons per km² in 2004. The total area is 1,498.58 km².

Memanbetsu Airport is an airport in the Memanbetsu section of Ōzora, Hokkaidō, Ōzora, a town in Hokkaidō, Japan. The airport is close to Shiretoko National Park and consistently has over one million passengers per year. History The current airfield was ope ...

is located in the town of Ōzora; the airport was located in the town of

Memanbetsu was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Abashiri District, Hokkaido, Abashiri District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 5,925 and a population density ...

prior to the town's 2006 merger into the town of Ōzora.

Towns and villages

* Bihoro Town * Ōzora Town (Previously

Town and Higashimokoto Village) * Tsubetsu Town

History

*1869: 11

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and 86

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

were established in

. Abashiri District was placed in Kitami Province *July 1881: Abashiri District (網尻郡) was incorporated from Kushiro Province *1947: Abashiri Town split into Higashimokoto Village and Abashiri City; Abashiri City leaves the district *March 31, 2006: the town of

, and the village of Higashimokoto merged to form the new town of Ōzora.

References

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