Between 1905 and 1945, the Japanese Empire administered the southern half of Sakhalin, using the name Karafuto (樺太). The area was designated a chō (廳), the same term given to Hokkaidō at the time. It is commonly referred to as Karafuto Prefecture in English. The prefecture was divided into 4 subprefectures (支廳, shichō), which in turn were subdivided into 11 districts, in turn divided into 41 municipalities (1 city, 13 towns, and 27 villages)
List of municipalities of Karafuto Prefecture
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Prefectural capital: Toyohara
- Notes
- The data is as of 1945.
- Some municipalities had multiple possible readings. 敷香, for instance, was read Shikuka, Shisuka, or Shikika, depending on sources.
- All Kanji names are in Shinjitai, a modern form which was not used when the prefecture existed. The Kyūjitai names used when the prefecture existed are listed in parentheses.
- The list shows the current Russian names in parentheses. However, Russian divisions do not match with Japanese divisions. These names just roughly overlap with central towns.
Toyohara Subprefecture 豊原支庁 (豐原支廳)
[edit]Subprefectural capital: Toyohara
- Ōtomari District, alternatively Ōdomari 大泊郡
- Chitose Village 千歳村 (千歲村, Tret'ya Pad)
- Fukami Village 深海村 (深海村, Prigorodnoye)
- Nagahama Village 長浜村 (長濱村, Ozyorskoye)
- Ōtomari Town, alternatively Ōdomari 大泊町 (Korsakov)
- Shiretoko Village 知床村 (Novikovo)
- Tōbuchi Village 遠淵村 (Murav'yovo)
- Tomuna Village 富内村 (富內村, Okhotskoye)
- Rūtaka District, alternatively Rutaka 留多加郡
- Toyohara City 豊原市 (豐原市, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
- Toyosakae District 豊栄郡 (豐榮郡, Vysokoye)
Maoka Subprefecture 真岡支庁 (眞岡支廳)
[edit]Subprefectural capital: Maoka
- Honto District 本斗郡
- Honto Town 本斗町 (Nevelsk)
- Kaiba Village 海馬村 (Moneron Island)
- Kōni Village 好仁村 (Shebunino)
- Naihoro Town 内幌町 (內幌町, Gornozavodsk)
- Maoka District 真岡郡 (眞岡郡)
- Tomarioru District 泊居郡
- Kushunnai Village 久春内村 (久春內村, Ilyinskoye)
- Nayori Village 名寄村 (Penzenskoye)
- Tomarioru Town 泊居町 (Tomari)
Esutoru Subprefecture 恵須取支庁 (惠須取支廳)
[edit]Subprefectural capital: Esutoru
- Esutoru District 恵須取郡 (惠須取郡)
- Chinnai Town 珍内町 (珍內町, Krasnogorsk)
- Esutoru Town 恵須取町 (惠須取町, Uglegorsk)
- Tōro Town 塔路町 (Shakhtyorsk)
- Ushiro Village 鵜城村 (Orlovo)
- Nayoshi District 名好郡
- Nayoshi Town 名好町 (Lesogorskoye)
- Nishisakutan Village 西柵丹村 (Boshnyakovo)
Shikuka Subprefecture 敷香支庁 (敷香支廳)
[edit]Subprefectural capital: Shikuka
- Motodomari District, alternatively Mototomari 元泊郡
- Shikuka District, alternatively Shisuka or Shikika 敷香郡
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- (in Japanese) 樺太市町村変遷表 (Table of the transitions of municipalities of Karafuto)