Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Yuzhno-Kurilsky District is an administrative district of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug. 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. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, located on the Kunashir Island. Population: The population of Yuzhno-Kurilsk accounts for 61.4% of the district's total population.Dispute with Japan
The district in its entirety is claimed by Japan. According to the Japanese, these islands belong to Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaidō Prefecture.
