Yūfutsu District, Hokkaidō

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Yufutsu District in Iburi and Kamikawa Subprefectures.

Yūfutsu (勇払郡, -gun^?) is a District divided between Iburi and Kamikawa Subprefectures.

[edit] Towns and villages

• Iburi
  • Abira (merger of Hayakita and Oiwake)
  • Atsuma
  • Mukawa
• Kamikawa
  • Shimukappu

[edit] History

• 1869 - With the establishment of provinces and districts in Hokkaidō, Yūfutsu District, Iburi Province is created
• 1897 - Placed under Muroran Subprefecture (later renamed Iburi)
• 1906 - Shimukappu Village (now Town) transferred to Kamikawa Subprefecture
• 1948 - Tomakomai City established, leaving Yūfutsu District
• March 27, 2006 - the towns of Hayakita and Oiwake merged to form the new town of Abira.
• March 27, 2006 - the towns of Hobetsu and Mukawa merged to form the new town of Mukawa, now with a different writing.

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