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district 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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
located in Ishikari Subprefecture,
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,
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. As of July 31, 2023 the district had an estimated
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of 18,180 and a
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of 36.3 persons per km2. The total area is 500.95 km2.


Towns and villages

* Shinshinotsu * Tōbetsu


History

*1902 Ishikari Town, Hanakawa village and tobetsu village was founded. *1906 Shinotsu Village (篠津村) merges with Ebetsu Village (江別村) in the former Sapporo District, thus leaving the district. It is now the Shinotsu section of Ebetsu
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. *1907 Ishikari Town and Hanakawa village were merged to form new Ishikari Town. *1915 Shinshinotsu village was founded. *1947 Tōbetsu village became Tōbetsu town. *1996 Ishikari Town becomes Ishikari City, leaving the district. Districts in Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub