is a

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located in

Kamikawa Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, 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 ...

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 ...

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. Confusingly, there is a district of the same name, Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, in the same subprefecture. In 1869, when Hokkaido was divided into 11

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

and 86 districts, this Kamikawa District was placed under

Teshio Province was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido, Japan, corresponding to all of modern-day Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture. History After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido, and regional ...

. The name is derived from its location at the headwaters of the

Teshio River The is a river in Hokkaido, Japan. At , it is the second-longest river on the island (after the Ishikari) and the fourth-longest in the country (after the Shinano, Tone, and Ishikari). A Class A river, the Teshio is the northernmost major rive ...

, whereas the other Kamikawa District is named after the headwaters of the

Ishikari River The , at long, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaidō. The river drains an area of , making it the second largest in Japan, with a total discharge of around per year. It originates from Mount Ishikari in the Daisetsuzan ...

. There is a third district with this name in Hokkaido, see Kamikawa (Tokachi) District. As of 2004, the district has an estimated

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of 19,531 and a

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of 11.21 persons per km². The total area is 1,742.85 km².

Towns and villages

* Kenbuchi * Shimokawa *

Wassamu file:和寒東山スキー場.JPG, 280px, Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 2,804 in 1459 households, and a population den ...

Mergers

*On September 1, 2005, the town of

Asahi Asahi (Japanese 朝日, 旭, or あさひ 'morning sun') may refer to: Places in Japan Cities * Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards * Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') * Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'') Towns * Asahi, Aichi ...

was merged into the city of

Shibetsu file:Shibetsu city center area Aerial photograph.2011.jpg, 270px, downtown Shibetsu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 16,400 in 706 households, and a populat ...

. *On March 27, 2006, the town of Fūren was merged into the city of

Nayoro 280px, Nayoro city center is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 24,702, and a population density of 46 people per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography The main rivers in the ...

References

Districts in Hokkaido Kamikawa Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub