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Kushiro, Hokkaido (town)
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Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
located in Kushiro District
Kushiro District, Hokkaido
is a district in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō. Kushiro is also the name of the adjacent city Kushiro, Hokkaidō.- History :*August 1, 1922 Kushiro-ku becomes Kushiro City, leaving the district*October 10, 1949 Tottori Town merges with Kushiro City...
, Kushiro Subprefecture
Kushiro Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan.-Towns and villages by district:* Akan District** Tsurui* Akkeshi District** Akkeshi** Hamanaka* Kawakami District** Shibecha** Teshikaga* Kushiro District** Kushiro* Shiranuka District** Shiranuka- History :...
, Hokkaidō
Hokkaido
, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. As of March 31, 2008 it has an estimated population of 21,602 and an area of 252.57 km².
History
- 1920 Kushiro VillageVillages of JapanA is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....
split from old Kushiro Town (now KushiroKushiro, Hokkaidois a city located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Kushiro Subprefecture, as well as the most populous city in eastern Hokkaidō....
CityCities of Japan||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
) - 1955 Konbumori Village merges with Kushiro Village
- 1980 Kushiro Village becomes Kushiro Town