Okhotsk_Subprefecture

Okhotsk Subprefecture

Okhotsk Subprefecture

Place in Hokkaido

This article is about the region in Japan. For the region in Russia, see Okhotsky District.

Okhotsk Subprefecture (オホーツク総合振興局, Ohōtsuku-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897.

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Etymology

Abashiri Prefecture was named after the subprefectural office in Abashiri. However, the area was more commonly referred to as the Okhotsk region (オホーツク地方, Ohōtsuku-chihō), as it faces the Sea of Okhotsk, and the name Abashiri was changed to the more commonly used Okhotsk during the administrative redivision of Hokkaido's 14 subprefectures to 9 subprefectural bureaus in April, 2010. The sea is named for the port of Okhotsk, itself named for the Okhota River,[1] whose name is derived from the Even word окат (okat) meaning "river".[2]

Geography

Okhotsk Subprefecture

Municipalities

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Mergers

See also: List of mergers in Hokkaido § Okhotsk (Abashiri) Subprefecture

References

  1. [1]
    Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Okhotsk, Sea of (Okhotskoye More)". Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191905636.
  2. [2]
    "Охота". Вода России (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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