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  2. Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] ⓘ, lit. ' Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Ainu Moshiri, ' or ' Land of the Ainu ') [2] is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. [3]

  3. Geography of Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities. As of April 2010, Hokkaidō has nine General Subprefectural Bureaus (総合振興局) and five Subprefectural Bureaus (振興局). Hokkaidō is one of eight prefectures in Japan that have subprefectures (支庁 shichō). However, it is the only one of the eight to have such ...

  4. List of regions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The eight traditional regions are marked in bold . Hokkaidō (the island and its archipelago)

  5. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    These were consolidated into a single Hokkaido Department (北海道庁, Hokkaido-chō) in 1886, at prefectural level but organized more along the lines of a territory. In 1947, the department was dissolved, and Hokkaidō became a full-fledged prefecture.

  6. List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaido) - Wikipedia

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    Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Kobui Blast Furnace Site 古武井熔鉱炉跡 Kobui yōkōro ato: Hakodate: for all refs see: Menagawa Brick Mill Site ...

  7. List of cities in Hokkaido by population - Wikipedia

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    The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido with a population of more than 10,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 55 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.

  8. Sapporo - Wikipedia

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    Sapporo [a] (札幌市, Sapporo-shi, [sapːoɾo ɕi] ⓘ) is a designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a ...

  9. Kushiro - Wikipedia

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    Kushiro has a humid continental climate (Dfb) but its winter temperatures are less severe than those of inland East Asia at the same latitude.Its port is the most reliably ice-free throughout winter in all of Hokkaido, due to the lack of indentation in the coastline and absence of large inflows of cold fresh water nearby.

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