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| Capital | Sapporo |
| Region: | Hokkaido |
| Island: | Hokkaido |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 1st 83,452.47 kmē 6.4% |
| Population |
Ranked 7th 5,702,131 |
| Districts: | 66 |
| Municipalities: | 212 |
| ISO 3166-2: | JP-01 |
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| Pref. FlowerA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction''. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and: | Sweet briar (Rosa rugosa) |
| Pref. TreeThis article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation). oak tree in Denmark A tree can be defined as a large perennial woody plant. Though there is no set definition of size, it is generally: | Ezomatsu (Picea jezoensis) |
| Pref. BirdFor other meanings of bird see bird (disambiguation). Many see text Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in: | Red-crowned craneRed-crowned Crane Scientific Classification : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Gruidae Grus japonensis Binomial name Grus japonensis Statius Muller, 1776) The Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in th (Grus japonensis) |
Hokkaido ( JapaneseThe Japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in Japan. The Japanese name for the language is Nihongo . History and classification Historical linguists do not all agree about the origin of the Japanese language; there are several comp: 北海道, literal meaning: "North Sea RouteA circuit is an appellate judicial district among the courts of many nations. The name comes from an era in which justices would ride within a area hearing cases. Circuit ( ; Chinese: dao Japanese: do was a historical political division of China, and is s", AinuFor the language spoken in Central Asia, see Aini language The Ainu language Aynu Itak Japanese: ) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It was once spoken in the Kurile Islands, the northern part of Honshu, and t: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. The Tsugaru Strait separates it from Honshu, although it is connected to Honshu by the underwater Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaido is the prefectural capital, Sapporo.
Hokkaido has been the homeland of the Ainu race since time immemorial. Many place names, such as Sapporo, are derived from the Ainu language.
Hokkaido was known as Ezo until the Meiji Restoration. Shortly after the Boshin War of 1868, a group of Tokugawa loyalists led by Enomoto Takeaki proclaimed the island's independence as the Republic of Ezo, but the rebellion was crushed in May 1869. For a few years following the Meiji Restoration, Hokkaido was separated into 4 prefectures.
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