Sorachi (空知郡; -gun) is a district divided between Sorachi and KamikawaSubprefectures, Hokkaido. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 53,011 and an area of 1,497.21 km², giving a population density of 35.41 persons per square kilometer. A district (郡; gun) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, which is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, and was ranked at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. ... Sorachi subprefecture (空知支庁) is located Hokkaido, Japan. ... Kamikawa subprefecture (上川) is located Hokkaido, Japan Cities Asahikawa (capital) Furano Nayoro Shibetsu Districts Kamikawa (Ishikari) Aibetsu Biei Higashikagura Higashikawa Kamikawa Pippu Takasu Toma Kamikawa (Teshio) Asahi Furen Kenbuchi Shimokawa Wassamu Nakagawa Bifuka Nakagawa Otoineppu Sorachi Kamifurano Minamifurano Nakafurano Yufutsu Shimukappu Subprefectures Abashiri | Hidaka | Hiyama | Iburi | Ishikari | Kamikawa | Kushiro | Nemuro... Hokkaido Prefecture have branch offices called 支庁 (shicho) in Japanese, which can be translated in English as subprefectures. ... Hokkaido listen (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from districts, unlike cities in the US which usually belong to a county, excluding Virginia which cities are independent from counties administratively.
Because district names had been unique in the province and nowadays prefecture boundaries are roughly aligned to province boundaries, most district names are unique in the prefecture.
Abuta District, RumoiDistrict, SorachiDistrict, and Yufutsu District are deceptively similar, but each of them is a single district allotted to two subprefectures.
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