Ugo Province

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted

Template:Nihongo is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Template:Google books.</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 Template:Nihongo, 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

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128

Other websites

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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