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| name                    = Rumoi Subprefecture
| native_name             = {{nobold|留萌振興局}}
| native_name_lang        = ja
| official_name           = Rumoi-shinkōkyoku
| settlement_type         = [[Subprefectures of Hokkaido|Subprefecture]]
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| image_caption           = Sunset from [[Cape Ōgon]], Rumoi City
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| map_caption             = Rumoi Subprefecture in Hokkaido
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| seat                    = [[Rumoi, Hokkaido|Rumoi]]
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[[File:Rumoi city nightview.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Rumoi, Hokkaido|Rumoi City]]]]
{{nihongo|'''Rumoi Subprefecture'''|留萌振興局|Rumoi-shinkō-kyoku}} is a [[Subprefectures of Hokkaido|subprefecture]] of [[Hokkaido|Hokkaido Prefecture]], [[Japan]].  As of 2011, it had a population of 52,627 and an area of {{convert|4019.97|km2|mi2}}. The [[population density]] of the subprefecture, 13 people per km<sup>2</sup>, is very low compared to the rest of Japan. The population of Rumoi Subprefecture represents 0.96% of the overall population of Hokkaido.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rumoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ts/tss/tk/toukei.htm | script-title=ja:留萌の統計 | year = 2012 | publisher = Rumoi Subprefecture | location = Rumoi, Hokkaido | language = ja |trans-title=Statistics of Rumoi | access-date = August 10, 2012}}</ref><ref name="rumoi">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Rumoi | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-08-08 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | oclc = 56431036 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

== Geography ==
Rumoi Subprefecture stretches broadly across the coast of the [[Sea of Japan]] in northwestern Hokkaido.

===Municipalities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |Pop. Density
! rowspan="2" |District
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Enbetsu, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Enbetsu, Hokkaido|Enbetsu]]
|遠別町
|590.86
|2,966
|5.02
|[[Teshio District, Hokkaido|Teshio District]]
|Town
|[[File:Embetsu in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Haboro, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Haboro, Hokkaido|Haboro]]
|羽幌町
|472.49
|7,338
|15.53
|[[Tomamae District, Hokkaido|Tomamae District]]
|Town
|[[File:Haboro in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Mashike, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Mashike, Hokkaido|Mashike]]
|増毛町
|369.64
|4,634
|12.54
|[[Mashike District, Hokkaido|Mashike District]]
|Town
|[[File:Mashike in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Obira, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Obira, Hokkaido|Obira]]
|小平町
|627.29
|3,277
|5.22
|[[Rumoi District, Hokkaido|Rumoi District]]
|Town
|[[File:Obira in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Rumoi, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Rumoi, Hokkaido|Rumoi]] (capital)
|留萌市
|297.44
|22,242
|74.78
|''no district''
|City
|[[File:Rumoi in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido|Shosanbetsu]]
|初山別村
|280.04
|1,249
|4.46
|[[Tomamae District, Hokkaido|Tomamae District]]
|Village
|[[File:Shosanbetsu in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Teshio, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Teshio, Hokkaido|Teshio]]
|天塩町
|353.31
|3,241
|9.17
|[[Teshio District, Hokkaido|Teshio District]]
|Town
|[[File:Teshio in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Tomamae, Hokkaido.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tomamae, Hokkaido|Tomamae]]
|苫前町
|454.5
|3,261
|7.17
|[[Tomamae District, Hokkaido|Tomamae District]]
|Town
|[[File:Tomamae in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|55x55px]]
|}

===Mergers===
{{see also|List of mergers in Hokkaido#Rumoi Subprefecture}}

===Rivers===
The [[Rumoi River]] {{Convert|44|km|mi}} flows from [[Mount Poroshiri]] in the [[Hidaka Mountains|Hidaka Mountain]] range to the Sea of Japan.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Dijitaru Daijisen | title = 留萌川 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-08-10 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | oclc = 56431036 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

== History ==
[[Mashike Subprefecture]] was established as part of the administrative reforms of Hokkaido during the [[Meiji period]] (1868 &ndash; 1912). The capital was moved to Rumoi in 1914, and the subprefecture was renamed to Rumoi Subprefecture in the same year. [[Toyotomi, Hokkaido|Toyotomi Town]]) in Teshio District transferred to [[Sōya Subprefecture]] in 1948, and [[Horonobe, Hokkaido|Horonobe]] was transferred to Sōya Subprefecture in 2010.

== Economy ==

The fishing industries dominates the economy of the area, and seafood processing remains a thriving industry.<ref name="rumoi" />

== See also ==
*[[Sankebetsu brown bear incident]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Rumoi (subprefecture)|Rumoi Subprefecture}}
*{{in lang|ja}} {{Official website|http://www.rumoi.pref.hokkaido.jp}}

{{Hokkaido}}

[[Category:Rumoi Subprefecture| ]]