Nemuro Province (根室国, Nemuro-no kuni^?) was an old province in Japan in what is today Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō. It was created during the Meiji Era.

[edit] History

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

• August 15, 1869 Nemuro Province created with five districts
• 1872 Population is 832.
• January 1885 Shikotan transferred to Chishima Province

[edit] Districts

• Hanasaki (花咲郡) (dissolved April 1, 1959 when Habomai Village was merged into Nemuro City; originally included Shikotan District)
• Nemuro (根室郡) (dissolved August 1, 1957 when Nemuro Town and Wada Village merged to form Nemuro City)
• Notsuke (野付郡)
• Shibetsu (標津郡)
• Menashi (目梨郡)

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128