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Kurilsky District

Kurilsky District
Курильский район (Russian)
Location of Kurilsky District (Sakhalin Oblast).svg
Location of Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 45°15′N 147°53′E / 45.250°N 147.883°E / 45.250; 147.883Coordinates: 45°15′N 147°53′E / 45.250°N 147.883°E / 45.250; 147.883
Остров Итуруп. Вулкан Баранского.jpg
Iturup Island, Kurilsky District
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Flag of Kurilsk (Sakhalin oblast).png
Coat of arms
Flag
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakhalin Oblast
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center town of Kurilsk
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 6
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Kurilsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Area 5,145.9 km2 (1,986.8 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 7,359 inhabitants
• Urban 28.1%
• Rural 71.9%
Density 1.43/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
Time zone MAGT (UTC+11:00)
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Kurilsky District (Russian: Кури́льский райо́н) 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 Census). The population of Kurilsk accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population.


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