Hiyama Subprefecture
檜山振興局
Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku
Location of Hiyama Subprefecture
PrefectureHokkaido
CapitalEsashi
Area
  Total2,629.88 km2 (1,015.40 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2009)
  Total46,999
  Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Websitehttp://www.hiyama.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/
Hiyama Subprefecture

Hiyama Subprefecture (檜山振興局, Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan side. It includes Okushiri Island. It was established in 1897.

Geography

Name Area (km2) Population District Type Map
Rōmaji Kanji
Assabu 厚沢部町 460.58 3,884 Hiyama District Town
Esashi (capital) 江差町 109.57 8,117 Hiyama District Town
Imakane 今金町 568.14 5,575 Setana District Town
Kaminokuni 上ノ国町 547.58 5,161 Hiyama District Town
Okushiri 奥尻町 142.98 2,812 Okushiri District Town
Otobe 乙部町 162.55 3,925 Nishi District Town
Setana せたな町 638.67 8,501 Kudō District Town

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