Kabato District, Hokkaido
District in Hokkaido, Japan
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Kabato (樺戸郡, Kabato-gun) is a district located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 14,944 and a density of 19.99 persons per km2. The total area is 747.75 km2.
There is a local museum, the Tsukigata Kabato Museum, which was a former prison.[1]
Towns and villages
Geology
Cretaceous era and Neogene andesite dykes are documented in the area, representing channels of volcanic rock that solidified.[2]
