Teshio Province

Teshio Province (天塩国, Teshio no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō, corresponding to all of modern-day Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture.

Location of Teshio Province c. 1869.

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Teshio Province.[2]

  • August 15, 1869 Teshio Province established with 6 districts
  • 1872 Census finds a population of 1,576
  • 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō

Districts
  • Mashike (増毛郡)
  • Rumoi (留萌郡)
  • Tomamae (苫前郡)
  • Teshio (天塩郡)
  • Nakagawa (中川郡)
  • Kamikawa (上川郡)

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.
  2. Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88., p. 33, at Google Books

References
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128


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