Hokkaido Prefecture had 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, which is often translated in English as subprefectures. Normally, a subprefecture...
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Iburi Subprefecture (redirect from 胆振支庁)
Iburi Subprefecture (胆振総合振興局, Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Located in south-central Hokkaido, Iburi stretches...
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Tokachi Subprefecture (redirect from 十勝支庁)
Tokachi Subprefecture (literally "Tokachi Comprehensive Promotion Bureau") (十勝総合振興局, Tokachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture...
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Hiyama Subprefecture (redirect from 檜山支庁)
Hiyama Subprefecture (檜山振興局, Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan...
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Kushiro Subprefecture (redirect from 釧路支庁)
Subprefecture established. August, 1922: Renamed Kushironokuni Subprefecture (釧路国支庁). October 20, 1948: Ashoro District transferred to Tokachi Subprefecture....
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Sorachi Subprefecture (redirect from 空知支庁)
Sorachi Subprefecture (空知総合振興局, Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, its estimated population is 373...
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Subprefecture of Japan (支庁, shichō) are a Japanese form of self-government which focuses on local issues below the prefectural level. It acts as part of...
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Hidaka Subprefecture (redirect from 日高支庁)
Hidaka Subprefecture (日高振興局, Hidaka-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The west side of the Hidaka mountains occupies most...
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Nemuro Subprefecture (redirect from 根室支庁)
Nemuro (根室振興局, Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed Kuril Islands (known...
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Oshima Subprefecture (redirect from 渡島支庁)
Oshima (渡島総合振興局, Oshima-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 456,621 and an area of...
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underdeveloped, so the prefecture was split into several "subprefectures" (支庁, shichō) that could fulfill administrative duties of the prefectural government...
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Hachijō Subprefecture (八丈支庁, Hachijō-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization of government belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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Sōya Subprefecture (redirect from 宗谷支庁)
Sōya Subprefecture (宗谷総合振興局, Sōya-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July...
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Kamikawa Subprefecture (redirect from 上川支庁)
Kamikawa (上川総合振興局, Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Kamikawa no hitobito no Shūraku...
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Shiribeshi Subprefecture (redirect from 後志支庁)
Shiribeshi Subprefecture (後志総合振興局, Shiribeshi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The subprefecture's capital is Kutchan...
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Songon Subprefecture Some Japanese prefectures have branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, which are translated in English as "subprefectures"...
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Analysis: Chile's Pacific Presence. | 36th Parallel Assessments (NZ)". 27 April 2012. 管内概要｜小笠原支庁 Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)....
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Rumoi Subprefecture (redirect from 留萌支庁)
Rumoi Subprefecture (留萌振興局, Rumoi-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, it had a population of 52,627 and an area...
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Ishikari Subprefecture (redirect from 石狩支庁)
Ishikari Subprefecture (石狩振興局, Ishikari-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. The...
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Okhotsk Subprefecture (redirect from 網走支庁)
Okhotsk Subprefecture (オホーツク総合振興局, Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri...
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Tsushima Subprefecture (対馬支庁, Tsushima-shichō, 34°12′38″N 129°17′23″E / 34.210417°N 129.289833°E / 34.210417; 129.289833) was an administrative subdivision...
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of subprefectural divisions: subprefecture and district. Subprefectures (支庁, shichō) are a Japanese form of self-government which focuses on local issues...
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others in Tokyo: 4 subprefectures for remote islands Branch office (shichō, 支庁 and other various names) (Subordinate branch offices of the prefectural government...
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Ogasawara Subprefecture (小笠原支庁, Ogasawara-shichō) is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin...
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Ōshima Subprefecture (大島支庁, Ōshima-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is administered by the Bureau Of General Affairs of the Tokyo...
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Between 1905 and 1945, the Japanese Empire administered the southern half of Sakhalin, using the name Karafuto (樺太). The area was designated a chō (廳)...
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Hokkaidō is one of eight prefectures in Japan that have subprefectures (支庁 shichō). However, it is the only one of the eight to have such offices covering...
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Tokyo Islands Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chichijima. Hahajima "支庁の案内: 管内概要 (Japanese)". 1 April 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022. Kublin (1953)...
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Yaeyama Subprefecture (八重山支庁, Yaeyama-shichō) was a subprefecture of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was abolished in March 2009. Most of its functions were...
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(空知炭鉱遺産散歩), pp.34-199.; Hokkaido Government Sorachi Subprefectural Office (空知支庁), Sorachi Tankōisan to Kankō Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (空知炭鉱遺産と観光)...
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