monbetsu, district, hokkaido, other, places, with, same, name, monbetsu, hokkaido, monbetsu, hokkaido, hidaka, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, mat. For other places with the same name see Monbetsu Hokkaido and Monbetsu Hokkaido Hidaka This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Monbetsu District Hokkaido news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message Monbetsu 紋別郡 Monbetsu gun is a district located in Okhotsk Subprefecture Hokkaido Japan Location of Monbetsu District in Okhotsk SubprefectureIn 1869 Hokkaido was divided into 11 provinces and 86 districts Monbetsu was originally placed in Kitami Province As of 2004 the district has an estimated population of 49 851 and a population density of 12 74 persons per km2 The total area is 3 912 51 km2 Towns and villages editEngaru Nishiokoppe Okoppe Ōmu Takinoue YubetsuHistory editOn November 15 1950 a section of Shimoyubetsu Village was cut off and incorporated into Saroma Village Tokoro District On July 1 1954 Monbetsu Town Kamishokotsu Village and Shokotsu Village merged to form Monbetsu City splitting it from the district On October 1 2005 the towns of Ikutahara and Maruseppu and the village of Shirataki merged into the expanded town of Engaru On October 1 2009 the town of Kamiyubetsu merged into the town of Yubetsu both are in Monbetsu District Abashiri Subprefecture 1 References edit 市町村合併情報 北海道 国土地理協会 Archived from the original on 2007 06 29 Retrieved 2008 09 07 44 23 24 N 143 11 24 E 44 39000 N 143 19000 E 44 39000 143 19000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monbetsu District Hokkaido amp oldid 1167443183, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
