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Suō Province
province of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Bōshū (防州).
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The province had borders with Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was Hōfu.