Yuzhno-Kurilsky District

Yuzhno-Kurilsky District () is an administrative district (raion) 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 (an urban-type settlement) 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 (along with the island of Iturup) is claimed by Japan. According to the Japanese, these islands belong to Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaidō Prefecture.

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Category:Districts of Sakhalin Oblast