Tamba Province

, also known as Tanba, was an old province of Japan in the area of Hyōgo Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tamba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 943.  Along with Tango Province, it was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Harima, Ōmi, Settsu, Tajima, Tango, Wakasa, and Yamashiro Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was in the area of modern Kameoka.

History
In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), Tamba was separated from Tango.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 64.

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Tamba Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Shrines and Temples
Izumo daijinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tamba."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 ; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:710s establishments in Japan