title: Tokachi Subprefecture
text: # Tokachi Subprefecture
  
  Tokachi Subprefecture (literally "Tokachi Comprehensive Promotion Bureau") (十勝総合振興局, Tokachi-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan corresponding to the old province of Tokachi. As of 2004, its estimated population is 360,802 and its area is 10,830.99 $km^2.$
  
  Tokachi-Obihiro Airport is in the city of Obihiro.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Municipalities
  
  | Name | Name | Area $(km^2)$ | Population | District | Type | Map |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rōmaji | Kanji | Area $(km^2)$ | Population | District | Type | Map |
  | Ashoro | 足寄町 | 1,408.09 | 7,150 | Ashoro District | Town | |
  | Hiroo | 広尾町 | 596.14 | 7,182 | Hiroo District | Town | |
  | Honbetsu | 本別町 | 391.99 | 7,441 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Ikeda | 池田町 | 371.91 | 6,933 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Kamishihoro | 上士幌町 | 700.87 | 4,908 | Katō District | Town | |
  | Makubetsu | 幕別町 | 340.46 | 26,610 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Memuro | 芽室町 | 513.91 | 18,806 | Kasai District | Town | |
  | Nakasatsunai | 中札内村 | 292.69 | 3,980 | Kasai District | Village | |
  | Obihiro (capital) | 帯広市 | 618.94 | 165,851 | no district | City | |
  | Otofuke | 音更町 | 466.09 | 44,235 | Katō District | Town | |
  | Rikubetsu | 陸別町 | 608.81 | 2,528 | Ashoro District | Town | |
  | Sarabetsu | 更別村 | 176.45 | 3,275 | Kasai District | Village | |
  | Shihoro | 士幌町 | 259.13 | 6,234 | Katō District | Town | |
  | Shikaoi | 鹿追町 | 399.69 | 5,570 | Katō District | Town | |
  | Shimizu | 清水町 | 402.18 | 9,784 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Shintoku | 新得町 | 1,063.79 | 6,285 | Kamikawa District | Town | |
  | Taiki | 大樹町 | 816.38 | 5,742 | Hiroo District | Town | |
  | Toyokoro | 豊頃町 | 536.52 | 3,262 | Nakagawa District | Town | |
  | Urahoro | 浦幌町 | 729.64 | 5,023 | Tokachi District | Town | |
  
  ## History
  
  * November 1897: Kasai Subprefecture established.
  * August 1932: Kasai Subprefecture renamed Tokachi Subprefecture.
  * October 20, 1948: Ashoro District transferred from Kushiro Subprefecture.
  