See also: Kurilsky (disambiguation)
Kurilsky District
Курильский район | |
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Coordinates: 45°15′N 147°53′E / 45.250°N 147.883°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Kurilsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,145.9 km2 (1,986.8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,359 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 6,409 (−12.9%) |
• Density | 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) |
• Urban | 28.1% |
• Rural | 71.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 6 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kurilsky Urban Okrug[5] |
Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 64720000 |
Website | http://курильск-адм.рф/ |
Kurilsky District (Russian: Кури́льский райо́н, romanized: Kuríl'skiy rayón) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Kurilsky Urban Okrug.[5] It is located on the central Kuril Islands southeast of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 5,145.9 square kilometers (1,986.8 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kurilsk.[1] Population: 7,359 (2010 Russian census);[3] 7,108 (2002 Census);[7] 10,498 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Kurilsk accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population.[3] The name is sometimes spelled Kurliskiy or Kurliskiye in English.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1959 | 5,675 | — |
1970 | 3,762 | −33.7% |
1979 | 5,114 | +35.9% |
1989 | 10,498 | +105.3% |
2002 | 7,108 | −32.3% |
2010 | 7,359 | +3.5% |
2021 | 6,874 | −6.6% |
Source: Census data |
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