Shikotan District, Hokkaidō

The location of Shikotan District in Nemuro Subprefecture.

Shikotan (色丹郡, -gun^?) is a district located on Shikotan Island claimed by Japan as part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō. As of August 15, 1945, it had a population of 1,038.

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1885 Split off Hanasaki District, Nemuro Province. Incorporated into Chishima Province
August, 1945 Soviets occupy the district.

Russia administers the island as part of the South Kurils district of Sakhalin Oblast, administering all of the two villages.

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