Yuzhno-Kurilsky District

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District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Yuzhno-Kurilsky District Южно-Курильский район
District
On top of Mendeleeva volcano, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 44°01′50″N 145°51′20″E / 44.03056°N 145.85556°E / 44.03056; 145.85556
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakhalin Oblast^[1]
Established	5 June 1946
Administrative center	Yuzhno-Kurilsk^[1]
Area ^[2]
• Total	1,856.1 km² (716.6 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)^[3]
• Total	9,501
• Estimate (2018)^[4]	11,601 (+22.1%)
• Density	5.1/km² (13/sq mi)
• Urban	61.4%
• Rural	38.6%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities	9 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug^[5]
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8 ^[6])
OKTMO ID	64756000
Website	http://www.yuzhnokurilsk.ru/

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.^[5] 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).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Yuzhno-Kurilsk,^[1] located on Kunashir Island. Population: 9,501 (2010 Russian census);^[3] 9,727 (2002 Census);^[7] 13,597 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Yuzhno-Kurilsk accounts for 61.4% of the district's total population.^[3]

Dispute with Japan

The district in its entirety, along with the nearby island of Iturup in the Kurilsky District, are claimed by Japan as part of the Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaidō.

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Law #25-ZO
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^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Law #524
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ 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).
^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

Сахалинская областная Дума. Закон №25-ЗО от 23 марта 2011 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Сахалинской области», в ред. Закона №62-ЗО от 27 июня 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 10 Закона Сахалинской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Сахалинской области"». Вступил в силу 9 апреля 2011 г.. Опубликован: "Губернские ведомости", №55(3742), 29 марта 2011 г. (Sakhalin Oblast Duma. Law #25-ZO of March 23, 2011 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sakhalin Oblast, as amended by the Law #62-ZO of June 27, 2013 On Amending Article 10 of the Law of Sakhalin Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sakhalin Oblast". Effective as of April 9, 2011.).
Сахалинская областная Дума. Закон №524 от 21 июля 2004 г. «О границах и статусе муниципальных образований в Сахалинской области», в ред. Закона №45-ЗО от 27 мая 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в Закон Сахалинской области "О границах и статусе муниципальных образований в Сахалинской области"». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Губернские ведомости", №175–176(2111–2112), 31 июля 2004 г. (Sakhalin Oblast Duma. Law #524 of July 21, 2004 On the Borders and Status of the Municipal Formations in Sakhalin Oblast, as amended by the Law #45-ZO of May 27, 2013 On Amending the Law of Sakhalin Oblast "On the Borders and Status of the Municipal Formations in Sakhalin Oblast". Effective as of January 1, 2005.).