Kurilsky District
Kurilsky District
Курильский район (Russian) | |
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Iturup Island, Kurilsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′N 147°53′E / 45.250°N 147.883°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative center | Kurilsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,145.9 km2 (1,986.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,359 |
| • Density | 1.430/km2 (3.704/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 |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ) |
| 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. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kurilsky Urban Okrug. 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). Its administrative center is the town of Kurilsk. Population: 7,359 (2010 census); 7,108 (2002 census); 10,498 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kurilsk accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population. 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 | ||