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Nemuro Subprefecture

Coordinates: 43°19′49″N 145°35′04″E / 43.33038°N 145.584389°E / 43.33038; 145.584389
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Nemuro Subprefecture
根室振興局
Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku
Location of Nemuro Subprefecture
PrefectureHokkaido
CapitalNemuro
Area
 • Total3,406.23 km2 (1,315.15 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2009)
 • Total84,035
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Websitenemuro.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp
Nemuro City in Hokkaido.

Nemuro (根室振興局, Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed Kuril Islands (known as the Northern Territories in Japan) as part of this subprefecture.

As of March 2009, the subprefecture has an estimated population of 84,035, and an area of 3406.23 km².

Nakashibetsu Airport, the easternmost airport in Japan, is located in the town of Nakashibetsu, Shibetsu District.

History

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  • November 1897: Nemuro Subprefecture established.
  • November 1897: Shana Subprefecture established.
  • December 1903: Shana Subprefecture and Nemuro Subprefecture merged.
  • August 1945: Soviets occupied the Kuril Islands.

Geography

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Satellite photo of Hokkaido and the southern Kuril islands (Northern Territories)

Municipalities

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Name Area (km2) Population District Type Map
Rōmaji Kanji
Betsukai 別海町 1,320.15 15,179 Notsuke District Town
Nakashibetsu 中標津町 684.98 24,014 Shibetsu District Town
Nemuro (capital) 根室市 512.63 27,109 no district City
Rausu 羅臼町 397.88 5,395 Menashi District Town
Shibetsu 標津町 624.49 5,374 Shibetsu District Town

Districts in the Northern Territories

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Nemuro Subprefecture is in north eastern Hokkaido. It shows the names of the claimed islands and districts (Northern Territories)
Also known as the Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; see Kuril Islands dispute):
Name Area (km2) Population District Type Map
Rōmaji Kanji
Rubetsu (Pioner) 留別村 1,442.82 2,814 Etorofu District (Iturup) Village
Ruyobetsu (Yuzhno-Kurilsk) 留夜別村 960.27 3,401 Kunashiri District (Kunashir) Village
Shana (Kurilsk) 紗那村 973.3 1,426 Shana District Village
Shibetoro (Rudnaya) 蘂取村 760.5 881 Shibetoro District Village
Shikotan 色丹村 253.33 1,499 Shikotan District Village
Tomari (Golovnino) 泊村 538.56 5,595 Kunashiri District (Kunashir) Village

Districts renounced in San Francisco Treaty

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Nemuro Subprefecture is blue. The claimed islands and districts (Northern Territories) are grey.

Islands

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Mergers

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43°19′49″N 145°35′04″E / 43.33038°N 145.584389°E / 43.33038; 145.584389