Hidaka Province

Hidaka Province (日高国, Hidaka-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Hidaka Subprefecture. The name "'Hidaka" is derived from "Hitakami" (日高見国).

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;^[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Hidaka Province.^[2]

• August 15, 1869 Hidaka Province established with 7 districts
• 1872 Census finds a population of 6,574
• 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.

• Saru (沙流郡)
• Niikappu (新冠郡)
• Shizunai (静内郡)
• Mitsuishi (三石郡)
• Urakawa (浦河郡)
• Samani (様似郡)
• Horoizumi (幌泉郡)

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

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• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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