This might be caused the province, as well as the neighboring Tango Province, did not have a large clanbut was shapely-divided and organized such as the territories of Izushi clan, Toyooka clan, bakufu, and so on, rather than other provinces did the Kinki region.
そのためか、隣国の丹後国などと同様、大藩はないものの、近畿地方としては比較的明確に、出石藩・豊岡藩領、幕府領などがまとまった形で分かれていた。