Ishikari Subprefecture : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Ishikari Subprefecture

Official name

Ishikari-shichō

Native name

石狩支庁

Prefecture

Hokkaidō

Government

Capital

Sapporo

Geography

Total Area

1366.4 sq mi (3539.86 km2)

Demography

Total Population

2310001 (March 2009)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

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|} is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. Its population in 2003 was 2,279,943.

There are 6 cities, three towns, and one village under its jurisdiction. The subprefectural capital is Sapporo, also the capital of Hokkaidō prefecture. Shikotsu-Toya National Park is located in the southern part, and in the north is Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park.

Sapporo, a city in Ishikari, has two airports:

* Okadama Airport (Domestic)

* New Chitose Airport (International) (Located in the city of Chitose)

Subprefectures		Abashiri * Hidaka * Hiyama * Iburi * Ishikari * Kamikawa * Kushiro * Nemuro * Oshima * Rumoi * Shiribeshi * Sorachi * Sōya * Tokachi
Cities		Abashiri * Akabira * Asahikawa * Ashibetsu * Bibai * Chitose * Date * Ebetsu * Eniwa * Fukagawa * Furano * Hakodate * Hokuto * Ishikari * Iwamizawa * Kitahiroshima * Kitami * Kushiro * Mikasa * Monbetsu * Muroran * Nayoro * Nemuro * Noboribetsu * Obihiro * Otaru * Rumoi * Sapporo (capital) * Shibetsu * Sunagawa * Takikawa * Tomakomai * Utashinai * Wakkanai * Yūbari

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