Okhotsk Subprefecture
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subprefecture of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan
Key facts
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido
- Capital
- Abashiri
- Total
- 10,690.09 km (4,127.47 sq mi)
- Density
- 28.9508/km (74.9823/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- subprefecture of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Hokkaidō
- Capital
- Abashiri
- Population
- 283081
- Area
- 10690.53
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Kamikawa Subprefecture
- Official website
- www.okhotsk.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp
- Image
- Abashiri River03s3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Okhotsk subprefecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Okhotsk subprefecture
- name in kana
- オホーツクそうごうしんこうきょく
- native label
- オホーツク総合振興局
- inception
- 2010-01-01
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okhotsk Subprefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.