Echizen Province

Echizen Province 越前国
pre-Meiji period Japan
701 AD–1871
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Echizen Province highlighted
Capital	Echizen
Area
• Coordinates	36°24′N 136°30′E / 36.400°N 136.500°E / 36.400; 136.500
History
• Ritsuryō system implemented	701 AD
• Disestablished	1871
Today part of	Fukui Prefecture

Echizen Province (越前国, Echizen-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.^[1] Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was ' (Esshū, 越州).