{{short description|Former province of Japan}} thumb|right|Location of Kitami Province c. 1869. Green highlighted area is Abashiri District from Kushiro Province c. 1881. {{nihongo|'''Kitami Province'''|北見国|Kitami no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|kʲi̥.taꜜ.mʲi (no kɯ.ɲi)}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. It corresponded to modern-day Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture minus part of Abashiri District.
==History== After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 343|page=343}}.</ref> and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Kitami Province.<ref>Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in {{Google books|gGYYAAAAYAAJ|Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88.|page=33}}</ref> *August 15, 1869 Kitami Province established with 8 districts *1872 Census finds a population of 1,511 * July 1881 Abashiri District (網尻郡) incorporated for Abashiri District (網走郡) from Kushiro Province *1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō
==Districts== *Sōya (宗谷郡) *Rishiri (利尻郡) *Rebun (礼文郡) *Esashi (枝幸郡) *Monbetsu (紋別郡) *Tokoro (常呂郡) *Abashiri (網走郡) *Shari (斜里郡)
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==References== * Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
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