3-684: Sōya Subprefecture ( 宗谷総合振興局 , Sōya-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku ) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture , Japan . Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is 4,050.84 square kilometres (1,564.04 sq mi). It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan. Wakkanai Airport is located in Wakkanai . Rishiri Airport is located in Rishirifuji , Rishiri District . 45°23′51″N 141°42′03″E / 45.397521°N 141.700917°E / 45.397521; 141.700917 This Hokkaidō location article
6-760: 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, 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
9-419: The subprefecture name suffixed by -kannai in their address. The prefectural government of Hokkaido planned to reorganise 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
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