Iwashiro Province

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Iwashiro highlighted

Iwashiro Province (岩代国, Iwashiro-no kuni) is an old province in the area of Fukushima Prefecture. It was sometimes called Ganshū (岩州).

The province occupies the western half of the central part of Fukushima Prefecture; the eastern half is Iwaki Province. More precisely, Date and Adachi Districts in the north belong to Iwashiro and Higashishirakawa and Nishishirakawa Districts in the south belong to Iwaki. The border between the two provinces is the Abukuma River.

Timeline

On December 7, 1868, the province was formed out from Mutsu Province. As of 1872 , the population was 427,933.

Districts

• Aizu (会津郡)
• Adachi (安達郡)
• Asaka (安積郡)
• Iwase (岩瀬郡)
• Ōnuma (大沼郡)
• Kawanuma (河沼郡)
• Shinobu (信夫郡)
• Date (伊達郡)
• Yama (耶麻郡)

See also

• Iwase Province
• Sanriku
• List of Provinces of Japan

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128