4-483: Iburi Subprefecture ( 胆振総合振興局 , Iburi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku ) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture , Japan . Located in south-central Hokkaido, Iburi stretches 152 kilometres (94 mi) East-West and 98 kilometres (61 mi) North-South. Iburi covers an area of 9,698 square kilometres (3,744 sq mi). Iburi borders Oshima Subprefecture to the West, Shiribeshi , Ishikari , and Sorachi Subprefectures to
8-532: A subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen cities, towns, and/or villages. From April 2010, Hokkaido has nine General Subprefecture Bureaus (総合振興局, sōgō-shinkō-kyoku, literally "Comprehensive Promotion Bureau") and five Subprefecture Bureaus (振興局, shinkō-kyoku, literally "Promotion Bureau")). For historical reasons, some older people in Hokkaido use the subprefecture name suffixed by -kannai in their address. The prefectural government of Hokkaido planned to reorganise
12-676: The North, and Hidaka Subprefecture to the East. On its South side, Iburi has 218 kilometres (135 mi) of coastline with the Pacific Ocean . This Hokkaidō location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Subprefectures of Hokkaido Hokkaido Prefecture had 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese , which is often translated in English as subprefectures . Normally,
16-467: The current fourteen subprefectures into nine sub-prefectural bureaus. Five subprefectures, namely Hidaka, Hiyama, Ishikari, Nemuro, and Rumoi were subject to be cut down. The capital municipalities of these subprefectures opposed the plan, but on June 28, 2008, the prefectural council passed the ordinance of the reorganization. The change should have taken effect in April 2009. However, it was impossible to make
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