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Okhotsk Subprefecture オホーツク総合振興局 | |
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| Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku | |
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| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
| Capital | Abashiri |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,690.09 km2 (4,127.47 sq mi) |
| Population (September 30, 2010) | |
• Total | 309,487 |
| • Density | 28.9508/km2 (74.9823/sq mi) |
Okhotsk Subprefecture (オホーツク総合振興局,Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is asubprefecture ofHokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897.
Abashiri Prefecture was named after the subprefectural office inAbashiri. However, the area was more commonly referred to as the Okhotsk region (オホーツク地方,Ohōtsuku-chihō), as it faces theSea of Okhotsk, and the name Abashiri was changed to the more commonly used Okhotsk during the administrative redivision of Hokkaido's 14 subprefectures to 9 subprefectural bureaus in April, 2010. The sea is named for the port ofOkhotsk, itself named for theOkhota,[1] whose name is derived from theEven wordокат (okat) meaning "river".[2]
| Name | Area (km2) | Population | District | Type | Map | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rōmaji | Kanji | |||||
 Abashiri (capital) | 網走市 | 470.94 | 34,919 | no district | City |  |
 Bihoro | 美幌町 | 438.36 | 20,920 | Abashiri District | Town |  |
 Engaru | 遠軽町 | 1,332.32 | 20,757 | Monbetsu District | Town |  |
 Kitami | 北見市 | 1,427.56 | 119,135 | no district | City |  |
 Kiyosato | 清里町 | 402.73 | 4,222 | Shari District | Town |  |
 Koshimizu | 小清水町 | 287.04 | 5,029 | Shari District | Town |  |
 Kunneppu | 訓子府町 | 190.89 | 5,227 | Tokoro District | Town |  |
 Monbetsu | 紋別市 | 830.7 | 22,983 | no district | City |  |
 Nishiokoppe | 西興部村 | 308.12 | 1,120 | Monbetsu District | Village |  |
 Oketo | 置戸町 | 527.54 | 3,042 | Tokoro District | Town |  |
 Okoppe | 興部町 | 362.41 | 3,963 | Monbetsu District | Town |  |
 Ōmu | 雄武町 | 637.03 | 4,596 | Monbetsu District | Town |  |
 Ōzora | 大空町 | 343.62 | 7,430 | Abashiri District | Town |  |
 Saroma | 佐呂間町 | 404.99 | 5,617 | Tokoro District | Town |  |
 Shari | 斜里町 | 736.97 | 11,897 | Shari District | Town |  |
 Takinoue | 滝上町 | 786.89 | 2,757 | Monbetsu District | Town |  |
 Tsubetsu | 津別町 | 716.6 | 5,011 | Abashiri District | Town |  |
 Yūbetsu | 湧別町 | 505.74 | 8,474 | Monbetsu District | Town |  |
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