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was an old province of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is Matsuyama, Ehime....
 on Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
. Iyo bordered on Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
, Sanuki
Sanuki Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan on the island of Shikoku, with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture. It faced the Inland Sea and bordered on Awa province and Iyo provinces....
, and Tosa Province
Tosa Province

is the name of a provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kochi prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo province and Awa province Provinces....
s.

The ancient provincial capital was near modern Imabari
Imabari, Ehime

is a cities of Japan located in Ehime prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime prefecture.Following a recent merger, the city has an estimated population of 176,877 and population density of 422 persons per km?....
. During the Sengoku period it was split into several fiefs, the largest one usually being run from Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama Castle (Iyo)

is a flatland-mountain castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, whose height is 132 meters, in Matsuyama, Ehime city in Ehime Prefecture ....
 in Matsuyama
Matsuyama, Ehime

is the capital Cities of Japan of Ehime Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dogo Plain. Its name means "pine tree mountain." The city was founded on December 15, 1889....
. It was briefly unified by the Chosokabe clan
Chosokabe clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan of the Sengoku period, that controlled Tosa Province. The clan is sometimes also known as . Chosokabe Motochika, who unified Shikoku, was the 21st head of the clan....
 of neighboring Tosa, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
 invaded Shikoku in 1584 and reallocated the fiefs. During the Edo Period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 the province was controlled by Uwajima Domain
Uwajima Domain

The was a feudal domain in Iyo Province of Japan during the Edo period. It was ruled from 1608 to 1613 by the Tomita clan. After a brief period as Tokugawa-controlled Tokugawa shogunate territory, the domain passed into the hands of the Date clan....
.

The people spoke iyo-ben.






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was an old province of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is Matsuyama, Ehime....
 on Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
. Iyo bordered on Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
, Sanuki
Sanuki Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan on the island of Shikoku, with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture. It faced the Inland Sea and bordered on Awa province and Iyo provinces....
, and Tosa Province
Tosa Province

is the name of a provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kochi prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo province and Awa province Provinces....
s.

The ancient provincial capital was near modern Imabari
Imabari, Ehime

is a cities of Japan located in Ehime prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime prefecture.Following a recent merger, the city has an estimated population of 176,877 and population density of 422 persons per km?....
. During the Sengoku period it was split into several fiefs, the largest one usually being run from Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama Castle (Iyo)

is a flatland-mountain castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, whose height is 132 meters, in Matsuyama, Ehime city in Ehime Prefecture ....
 in Matsuyama
Matsuyama, Ehime

is the capital Cities of Japan of Ehime Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dogo Plain. Its name means "pine tree mountain." The city was founded on December 15, 1889....
. It was briefly unified by the Chosokabe clan
Chosokabe clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan of the Sengoku period, that controlled Tosa Province. The clan is sometimes also known as . Chosokabe Motochika, who unified Shikoku, was the 21st head of the clan....
 of neighboring Tosa, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
 invaded Shikoku in 1584 and reallocated the fiefs. During the Edo Period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 the province was controlled by Uwajima Domain
Uwajima Domain

The was a feudal domain in Iyo Province of Japan during the Edo period. It was ruled from 1608 to 1613 by the Tomita clan. After a brief period as Tokugawa-controlled Tokugawa shogunate territory, the domain passed into the hands of the Date clan....
.

The people spoke iyo-ben.