Noto Province

Noto Province 能登国
pre-Meiji period Japan
718–1871
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Noto Province highlighted
Capital	Nanao
Area
• Coordinates	37°2′N 136°58′E / 37.033°N 136.967°E / 37.033; 136.967
History
• Split from Echizen	718
• Merged into Etchū	741
• Re-established	757
• Part of Kaga Domain	1583
• Disestablished	1871
• Merged with Ishikawa Prefecture	1872
Today part of	part of Ishikawa Prefecture

Noto Province (能登国, Noto-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (Noto-hantō) which is surrounded by the Sea of Japan.^[1] Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the south, and was surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the east, north and west. Its abbreviated form name was Nōshū (能州).