Kamikawa Subprefecture 上川総合振興局
subprefecture
Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku
Coordinates: 43°48′27″N 142°26′22″E / 43.807631°N 142.439528°E / 43.807631; 142.439528
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Capital	Asahikawa
Area
• Total	9,852.17 km2 (3,803.94 sq mi)
Population  (March 2009)
• Total	535,456
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Website	kamikawa.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Kamikawa (上川総合振興局, Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) 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.^{[citation needed]} 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

Name		Area (km2)	Population	District	Type	Map
Rōmaji	Kanji
Aibetsu	愛別町	250.13	2,992	Kamikawa District	Town
Asahikawa (capital)	旭川市	747.6	333,530	no district	City
Biei	美瑛町	677.16	10,374	Kamikawa District	Town
Bifuka	美深町	672.14	4,609	Nakagawa District	Town
Furano	富良野市	600.97	22,715	no district	City
Higashikagura	東神楽町	68.64	10,385	Kamikawa District	Town
Higashikawa	東川町	247.06	8,092	Kamikawa District	Town
Horokanai	幌加内町	767.03	1,571	Uryū District	Town
Kamifurano	上富良野町	237.18	11,055	Sorachi District	Town
Kamikawa	上川町	1,049.24	3,706	Kamikawa District	Town
Kenbuchi	剣淵町	131.2	3,293	Kamikawa District	Town
Minamifurano	南富良野町	665.52	2,611	Sorachi District	Town
Nakafurano	中富良野町	108.7	5,086	Sorachi District	Town
Nakagawa	中川町	594.87	1,585	Nakagawa District	Town
Nayoro	名寄市	535.23	28,373	no district	City
Otoineppu	音威子府村	275.64	831	Nakagawa District	Village
Pippu	比布町	87.29	3,845	Kamikawa District	Town
Shibetsu	士別市	1,119.29	19,794	no district	City
Shimokawa	下川町	644.2	3,836	Kamikawa District	Town
Shimukappu	占冠村	571.31	1,251	Yūfutsu District	Village
Takasu	鷹栖町	139.44	6,780	Kamikawa District	Town
Tōma	当麻町	204.95	6,662	Kamikawa District	Town
Wassamu	和寒町	224.83	3,553	Kamikawa District	Town

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