Place in Hokkaido
Sorachi Subprefecture
空知総合振興局
Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku Prefecture Hokkaido Capital Iwamizawa Area
• Total
6,558.22 km2 (2,532.14 sq mi) Population (March 2009)
• Total
365,563 • Density 55.7412/km2 (144.369/sq mi) Website sorachi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp
Sorachi Subprefecture (with Horokanai) Iwamizawa City Sorachi Subprefecture (空知総合振興局 Sorachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku is asubprefecture ofHokkaido Prefecture ,Japan . As of 2004, its estimated population is 373,736 and its area is 6,558.26 km2 .
10 cities are located in Sorachi Subprefecture:
Name Area (km2 ) Population Map Rōmaji Kanji Akabira 赤平市 129.88 10,686 Ashibetsu 芦別市 865.02 14,260 Bibai 美唄市 277.61 24,768 Fukagawa 深川市 529.12 21,618 Iwamizawa (capital)岩見沢市 481.1 84,127 Mikasa 三笠市 302.64 9,056 Sunagawa 砂川市 78.69 17,589 Takikawa 滝川市 115.9 41,306 Utashinai 歌志内市 55.99 3,019 Yūbari 夕張市 763.2 8,612
Towns and villages by district [ edit ] These are the towns and villages in each district:
Name Area (km2 ) Population District Type Map Rōmaji Kanji Chippubetsu 秩父別町 47.26 2,463 Uryū District Town Hokuryū 北竜町 158.82 1,965 Uryū District Kamisunagawa 上砂川町 39.91 3,278 Sorachi District Kuriyama 栗山町 203.84 12,365 Yūbari District Moseushi 妹背牛町 48.55 3,134 Uryū District Naganuma 長沼町 168.36 11,262 Yūbari District Naie 奈井江町 88.05 5,664 Sorachi District Nanporo 南幌町 81.49 7,816 Sorachi District Numata 沼田町 283.21 3,207 Uryū District Shintotsukawa 新十津川町 495.62 6,787 Kabato District Tsukigata 月形町 151.05 3,429 Kabato District Urausu 浦臼町 101.08 1,983 Kabato District Uryū 雨竜町 190.91 2,546 Uryū District Yuni 由仁町 133.86 5,426 Yūbari District
Panorama of Yuni, a village in Yubari district 43°11′51″N 141°45′59″E / 43.197567°N 141.766389°E /43.197567; 141.766389
Akabira
Ashibetsu
Bibai
Fukagawa
Iwamizawa (capital)
Mikasa
Sunagawa
Takikawa
Utashinai
Yūbari
Chippubetsu
Hokuryū
Kamisunagawa
Kuriyama
Moseushi
Naganuma
Naie
Nanporo
Numata
Shintotsukawa
Tsukigata
Urausu
Uryū
Yuni
