Chishima Province
Chishima Province (千島国, Chishima-no kuni) was a
San Francisco Treaty except for the southern Kuril islands (see Kuril Islands dispute
).
History
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Chishima Province.[2]
- 1869 Japan occupied Kunashir.
- August 15, 1869 Chishima Province created with 5 districts.
- 1872 The population was counted as 437
- November, 1875 Karafuto (Sakhalin) ceded to Russia in exchange for Kuril Islands in the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875). Kuril Islands divided into 3 new districts
- January, 1885 Shikotan District.
- In 1945 the Soviet Union province of Sakhalin been formed which included Kunashir District.
Districts
- Kuril Island conflict)
- Etorofu (択捉郡), around Iturup island (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Furebetsu (振別郡) (dissolved April, 1923 when its villages merged with several villages in Shana and Etorofu districts to form the village of Rubetsu in Etorofu)
- Shana (紗那郡) (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Shibetoro (蘂取郡) (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Shikotan(色丹郡) (split off of Hanasaki District in 1885; currently occupied and administered by Russia)
- Uruppu (得撫郡), around San Francisco Treaty
- Shimushiru (新知郡), around San Francisco Treaty
- Shumushu (占守郡), around San Francisco Treaty
Notes
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- ^ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88., p. 33, at Google Books
References
Other websites
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