Severo-Kurilsky District
Severo-Kurilsky District
Северо-Курильский район | |
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Atlasov Island, Severo-Kurilsky District | |
Location of Severo-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′N 156°07′E / 50.683°N 156.117°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Established | 5 June 1946 |
| Administrative center | Severo-Kurilsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,501.2 km2 (1,351.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,536 |
| • Density | 0.72/km2 (1.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 100% |
| • Rural | 0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Severo-Kurilsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 64743000 |
| Website | http://sevkur.admsakhalin.ru/ |
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Severo-Kurilsky District (Russian: Се́веро-Кури́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Severo-Kurilsky Urban Okrug. It is located on the northern Kuril Islands to the east of the Island of Sakhalin and immediately southwest of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The area of the district is 3,501.2 square kilometers (1,351.8 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island. Population: 2,536 (2010 Census); 2,592 (2002 Census); 5,420 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Severo-Kurilsk accounts for almost 100% of the district's total population, though there is often a seasonal population on the island of Shumshu.