Shibetoro municipality
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Shibetoro municipality | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Village | |||
The municipality is labeled here as number 11. | |||
| Country | Japan/Russia | ||
| List of regions of Japan | Hokkaido/Far Eastern Federal District | ||
| Prefectures of Japan | Hokkaido (Nemuro Subprefecture)/Sakhalin Oblast | ||
| Districts of Japan | Shibetoro District, Hokkaido | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 760.50 km2 (293.63 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1945) | |||
| • Total | 881 | ||
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 | ||
Shikotan (Japanese language 蘂取村, Shibetoro-mura, Russian language: Шикотан) is a List of villages in Japan in Shibetoro District, Hokkaido, both of which are located in the disputed Kuril Islands dispute. It is currently administered by Russia as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, although Japan continues to claim it as part of Hokkaido.[1]
Geography
The municipality is located on the eastern portion of Iturup.
- ↑ "The Northern Territories: So close, yet so far away | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2021-03-17.