title: Kamikawa Subprefecture
text: # Kamikawa Subprefecture
  
  Kamikawa (上川総合振興局, Kamikawa-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Kamikawa no hitobito no Shūraku (Village of the Upstream People), a translation of the Ainu Peni Unguri Kotan. Settlement began in 1867. The sub-prefecture was established in 1897.
  
  Asahikawa Airport stretches over the outskirts of Asahikawa City and Higashikagura in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Municipalities
  
  | Name | Name | Area $(km^2)$ | Population | District | Type | Map |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rōmaji | Kanji | Area $(km^2)$ | Population | District | Type | Map |
  | Aibetsu | 愛別町 | 250.13 | 2,992 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Asahikawa (capital) | 旭川市 | 747.6 | 333,530 | no district | City | |
  | Biei | 美瑛町 | 677.16 | 10,374 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Bifuka | 美深町 | 672.14 | 4,609 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Furano | 富良野市 | 600.97 | 22,715 | no district | City | |
  | Higashikagura | 東神楽町 | 68.64 | 10,385 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Higashikawa | 東川町 | 247.06 | 8,092 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Horokanai | 幌加内町 | 767.03 | 1,571 | Uryū District | Town | |
  | Kamifurano | 上富良野町 | 237.18 | 11,055 | Sorachi District | Town | |
  | Kamikawa | 上川町 | 1,049.24 | 3,706 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Kenbuchi | 剣淵町 | 131.2 | 3,293 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Minamifurano | 南富良野町 | 665.52 | 2,611 | Sorachi District | Town | |
  | Nakafurano | 中富良野町 | 108.7 | 5,086 | Sorachi District | Town | |
  | Nakagawa | 中川町 | 594.87 | 1,585 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Nayoro | 名寄市 | 535.23 | 28,373 | no district | City | |
  | Otoineppu | 音威子府村 | 275.64 | 831 | Nakagawa District | Village | |
  | Pippu | 比布町 | 87.29 | 3,845 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Shibetsu | 士別市 | 1,119.29 | 19,794 | no district | City | |
  | Shimokawa | 下川町 | 644.2 | 3,836 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Shimukappu | 占冠村 | 571.31 | 1,251 | Yūfutsu District | Village | |
  | Takasu | 鷹栖町 | 139.44 | 6,780 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Tōma | 当麻町 | 204.95 | 6,662 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Wassamu | 和寒町 | 224.83 | 3,553 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  