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Bitchū Province
province of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bitchū Province (備中国, Bitchū no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Along with Bizen and Bingo Provinces, it was sometimes called Bishū (備州).
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The province had borders with Hōki, Mimasaka, Bizen, and Bingo Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Soja.