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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Higo Province highlighted
Higo Province (肥後国, Higo no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [çiꜜ.ɡo (no kɯ.ɲi), çiꜜ.ŋo-, çi.ɡoꜜ-, çi.ŋoꜜ-]) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Hizen Province. Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Higo Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.