
Yoichi (余市郡,Yoichi-gun) is adistrict located inShiribeshi Subprefecture,Hokkaido,Japan.[1]
As of 2004, the district has an estimatedpopulation of 28,213 and adensity of 47.93 persons per km2. The total area is 588.64 km2.
Yoichi developed as an agricultural area in the 1870s.[1] Some of the first Japanese apple tree orchards were created here, with assistance from US American farmers (there are no native apple species in Japan).[1]
43°07′01″N140°47′53″E / 43.117°N 140.798°E /43.117; 140.798
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