thumb|250px|Kamikawa Subprefecture (without Horokanai)
thumb|200px|[[Asahikawa|Asahikawa City]]
is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Kamikawa no hitobito no Shūraku (Village of the Upstream People), a translation of the Ainu Peni Unguri Kotan. Settlement began in 1867. The sub-prefecture was established in 1897.
Asahikawa Airport stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District.
Geography
Municipalities
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |District
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
!Rōmaji
!Kanji
|-
|frameless|25x25px Aibetsu
|愛別町
|250.13
|2,992
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Asahikawa (capital)
|旭川市
|747.6
|333,530
|no district
|City
|frameless|50x50px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Biei
|美瑛町
|677.16
|10,374
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Bifuka
|美深町
|672.14
|4,609
|Nakagawa District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Furano
|富良野市
|600.97
|22,715
|no district
|City
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Higashikagura
|東神楽町
|68.64
|10,385
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Higashikawa
|東川町
|247.06
|8,092
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Horokanai
|幌加内町
|767.03
|1,571
|Uryū District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Kamifurano
|上富良野町
|237.18
|11,055
|Sorachi District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Kamikawa
|上川町
|1,049.24
|3,706
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Kenbuchi
|剣淵町
|131.2
|3,293
|Kamikawa (Teshio) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Minamifurano
|南富良野町
|665.52
|2,611
|Sorachi District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Nakafurano
|中富良野町
|108.7
|5,086
|Sorachi District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Nakagawa
|中川町
|594.87
|1,585
|Nakagawa District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Nayoro
|名寄市
|535.23
|28,373
|no district
|City
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Otoineppu
|音威子府村
|275.64
|831
|Nakagawa District
|Village
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Pippu
|比布町
|87.29
|3,845
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Shibetsu
|士別市
|1,119.29
|19,794
|no district
|City
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Shimokawa
|下川町
|644.2
|3,836
|Kamikawa (Teshio) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Shimukappu
|占冠村
|571.31
|1,251
|Yūfutsu District
|Village
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Takasu
|鷹栖町
|139.44
|6,780
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Tōma
|当麻町
|204.95
|6,662
|Kamikawa (Ishikari) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|-
|frameless|25x25px Wassamu
|和寒町
|224.83
|3,553
|Kamikawa (Teshio) District
|Town
|frameless|55x55px
|}
Mergers
References
External links
- Official Website