Iki Province 壱岐国 | |
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Province of Japan | |
7th century–1871 | |
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Iki Province highlighted | |
Capital | Ishida District |
History | |
• Established | 7th century |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
Today part of | Iki, Nagasaki |
Iki Province (壱岐国, Iki no kuni) was a province of Japan which consisted of the Iki Islands, now a part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture.[1] Its abbreviated name was Isshū (壱州). Iki is classified as one of the provinces of the Saikaidō. Under the Engishiki classification system, Iki was ranked as an "inferior country" (下国) and a "far country" (遠国).