{{short description|Former province of Japan}} thumb|200px|right|Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted {{nihongo|'''Ugo Province'''|羽後国|Ugo no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|ɯꜜ.ɡo (no kɯ.ɲi), ɯꜜ.ŋo-}}<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>}} is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ugo''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1010|page=1010}}.</ref> and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).<ref>Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints,'' p. 428.</ref> It was sometimes called {{nihongo|'''Ushū'''|羽州}}, with Uzen Province.
==Historical districts== Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:
* Yamagata Prefecture ** Akumi District (飽海郡) * Akita Prefecture ** Akita District (秋田郡) *** Kitaakita District (北秋田郡) *** Minamiakita District (南秋田郡) ** Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved ** Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved ** Ogachi District (雄勝郡) ** Semboku District (仙北郡) ** Yamamoto District (山本郡) ** Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved
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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]
==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Ugo Province}} * [http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]
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