Iburi Subprefecture

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Iburi Subprefecture

|native_name = {{nobold|胆振総合振興局}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|official_name = Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku

|image_map = Iburi Subprefecture.png

|seat = Muroran

|seat_type = Capital

|subdivision_type = Prefecture

|subdivision_name = Hokkaido

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 3698.00

|area_footnotes =

|population_total = 426627

|population_as_of = March 2009

|population_footnotes =

|population_note =

|population_density_km2 = auto

|website = [http://www.iburi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ iburi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp]

}}

File:Map of Iburi Subprefecture - Location Map.svg

File:Hakucho Bridge 9086497.jpg]]

File:Skyline of Tomakomai City.jpg]]

{{nihongo|Iburi Subprefecture|胆振総合振興局|Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku}} is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Geography

Located in south-central Hokkaido, Iburi stretches {{convert|152|km|mi}} East-West and {{convert|98|km|mi}} North-South. Iburi covers an area of {{convert|9698|km2|sqmi}}. Iburi borders Oshima Subprefecture to the West, Shiribeshi, Ishikari, and Sorachi Subprefectures to the North, and Hidaka Subprefecture to the East. On its South side, Iburi has {{convert|218|km|mi}} of coastline with the Pacific Ocean.{{cite web|url=http://www.iburi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/gaiyo/index.html|script-title=ja:胆振の概要|date=2006|publisher=Hokkaido Government Iburi Subprefectural Office|language=ja|access-date=2008-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620120641/http://www.iburi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/gaiyo/index.html|archive-date=2008-06-20|url-status=dead}}

=Municipalities=

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Name

! rowspan="2" |Area (km2)

! rowspan="2" |Population

! rowspan="2" |District

! rowspan="2" |Type

! rowspan="2" |Map

Rōmaji

!Kanji

File:Flag of Abira, Hokkaido.svg Abira

|安平町

|237.13

|8,323

|Yūfutsu District

|Town

|File:Abira in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Atsuma, Hokkaido.svg Atsuma

|厚真町

|404.56

|4,659

|Yūfutsu District

|Town

|File:Atsuma in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Date, Hokkaido.svg Date

|伊達市

|444.28

|34,898

|no district

|City

|File:Date in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Mukawa, Hokkaido.svg Mukawa

|むかわ町

|166.43

|8,527

|Yūfutsu District

|Town

|File:Mukawa in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Muroran, Hokkaido.svg Muroran (capital)

|室蘭市

|80.65

|93,716

|no district

|City

|File:Muroran in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido.svg Noboribetsu

|登別市

|212.11

|49,523

|no district

|City

|File:Noboribetsu in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Shiraoi, Hokkaido.svg Shiraoi

|白老町

|425.75

|17,759

|Shiraoi District

|Town

|File:Shiraoi in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Sobetsu, Hokkaido.svg Sōbetsu

|壮瞥町

|205.04

|2,665

|Usu District

|Town

|File:Sobetsu in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Tomakomai, Hokkaido.svg Tomakomai

|苫小牧市

|561.49

|174,216

|no district

|City

|File:Tomakomai in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Toyako, Hokkaido.svg Tōyako

|洞爺湖町

|180.54

|9,231

|Abuta District

|Town

|File:Toyako in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Flag of Toyoura, Hokkaido.svg Toyoura

|豊浦町

|233.54

|4,205

|Abuta District

|Town

|File:Toyoura in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg

=Mergers=

{{see also|List of mergers in Hokkaido#Iburi Subprefecture}}

History

  • 1897: Muroran Subprefecture was established.
  • 1922: Muroran Subprefecture was renamed Iburi Subprefecture.

References

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