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Suō was also the Japanese name for Suao, Yilan, Taiwan.

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted

Suō (周防国, Suō no kuni^?) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.

The ancient provincial capital was in Hōfu. Suō was ruled for much of the Muromachi Period by the Ōuchi clan, who built a castle at Yamaguchi, but in the Sengoku Period it was conquered by the Mori clan, and was ruled remotely by them for much of the Edo Period.

v • d • e Former provinces of Japan

Kinai	Yamashiro \| Yamato \| (Yoshino) \| Kawachi \| Izumi \| Settsu

Tōkaidō	Iga \| Ise \| Shima \| Owari \| Mikawa \| Tōtōmi \| Suruga \| Izu \| Kai \| Sagami \| Musashi \| Awa \| Kazusa (Fusa) \| Shimousa (Fusa) \| Hitachi

Tōsandō	Ōmi \| Mino \| Hida \| Shinano \| (Suwa) \| Kōzuke (Kenu) \| Shimotsuke (Kenu) \| (Iwase) \| Iwaki (718) \| Iwaki (1868) \| Mutsu \| Dewa

Hokurikudō	Wakasa \| Echizen (Koshi) \| Kaga \| Noto \| Etchū (Koshi) \| Echigo (Koshi) \| Sado

San'indō	Tamba (Ni) \| Tango (Ni) \| Tajima \| Inaba \| Hōki \| Izumo \| Iwami \| Oki

San'yōdō	Harima \| Mimasaka \| Bizen (Kibi) \| Bitchū (Kibi) \| Bingo (Kibi) \| Aki \| Suō \| Nagato

Nankaidō	Kii \| Awaji \| Awa \| Sanuki \| Iyo \| Tosa

Saikaidō	Chikuzen (Tsukushi) \| Chikugo (Tsukushi) \| Buzen (Toyo) \| Bungo (Toyo) \| Hizen (Hi) \| Higo (Hi) \| Hyūga \| Ōsumi \| (Tane) \| Satsuma \| Iki \| Tsushima

Hokkaidō	Oshima \| Shiribeshi \| Iburi \| Ishikari \| Teshio \| Kitami \| Hidaka \| Tokachi \| Kushiro \| Nemuro \| Chishima

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