Yuzhno-Kurilsky District

Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Южно-Курильский район (Russian)

Location of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 44°01′50″N 145°51′20″E / 44.03056°N 145.85556°ECoordinates: 44°01′50″N 145°51′20″E / 44.03056°N 145.85556°E
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakhalin Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Yuzhno-Kurilsk[1]
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 9
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Area 1,856.1 km2 (716.6 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 9,501 inhabitants[3]
- Urban 61.4%
- Rural 38.6%
Density 5.12/km2 (13.3/sq mi)[4]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[5]
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Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Russian: Ю́жно-Кури́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug.[2] It is located on the southern Kuril Islands southeast of the Island of Sakhalin, comprising the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai. The area of the district is 1,856.1 square kilometers (716.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Yuzhno-Kurilsk,[1] located on the Kunashir Island. Population: 9,501(2010 Census);[3] 9,727(2002 Census);[6] 13,597(1989 Census).[7] The population of Yuzhno-Kurilsk accounts for 61.4% of the district's total population.[3]

Dispute with Japan

Main article: Kuril Islands dispute

The district in its entirety (along with the island of Iturup) is claimed by Japan. According to the Japanese, these islands belong to Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaidō Prefecture.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Law #25-ZO
  2. 2.0 2.1 Law #524
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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