Okhotsk Subprefecture

"Okhotsk region" redirects here. For the settlement in Russia, see Okhotsk.

Okhotsk Subprefecture オホーツク総合振興局
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Capital	Abashiri
Area
– Total	10,690.09 km2 (4,127.5 sq mi)
Population (September 30, 2010)
– Total	309,487
– Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)

Okhotsk Subprefecture (オホーツク総合振興局, Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku^?) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897.

Naming

Abashiri Prefecture was named after the subprefectural office in Abashiri. However, the area was more commonly referred to as the Okhotsk region (オホーツク地方, Ohōtsuku-chihō^?), as it faces the Sea of Okhotsk, and the name Abashiri was changed to the more commonly used Okhotsk during the administrative redivision of Hokkaido's 14 subprefectures to 9 subprefectural bureaus in April, 2010.

Geography

Okhotsk Subprefecture

Cities

• Abashiri (capital)
• Kitami
• Monbetsu

Towns and villages by district

• Abashiri District
  • Bihoro
  • Ōzora
  • Tsubetsu
• Monbetsu District
  • Engaru
  • Nishiokoppe
  • Okoppe
  • Ōmu
  • Takinoue
  • Yūbetsu
• Shari District
  • Kiyosato
  • Koshimizu
  • Shari
• Tokoro District
  • Kunneppu
  • Oketo
  • Saroma

Mergers

See List of mergers in Hokkaidō Prefecture#Abashiri Subprefecture.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)

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