Iwami Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Shimane Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called . The province had borders with Aki, Bingo, Izumo, Nagato, and Suō provinces. In the Heian period, the capital city of the province was Hamada. 
History.
In the Edo period, silver was discovered and mined. The was added to the World Heritage List in 2007.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iwami Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples.
"Mononobe jinja" was the chief Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") of Iwami.