Shana, Hokkaido

Shana

紗那村
Shana 紗那村
Village
	The municipality is labeled here as number 10.
Country	Japan/Russia
Region/Federal District	Hokkaido/Far Eastern Federal District
Prefecture/Federal Subject	Hokkaido (Nemuro Subprefecture)/Sakhalin
District/District	Shana/Kurilsky District
Area
• Total	973.30 km2 (375.79 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,426
• Density	1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8)

Shana (Japanese: 紗那村, Shana-mura) is a village in Shana District, both of which are located in the disputed Northern Territories area of the Kuril Islands. It is currently administered by Russia as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, although Japan continues to claim it as part of Hokkaido Prefecture. After the Soviet occupation, Shana became part of the Kurilsky District as Kurilsk. The recorded population was 5,157 in 1989 and 3,634 in 2006.

Geography

The municipality has an area of 973.30 square kilometres, or 375.79 square miles.^[2] It has a population of 1,426 as of 1945.^[3] This was the last piece of data recorded by Japan in the area

Adjacent municipalities

Economy

Shana's economy is based on fishing industry where trout, salmon and cod are the most common fish found. Whaling and algae collection are also some of its industries. Other land based industries include livestock such as grazing horses and cows, canning industry and fertilizer production.

References

^ 平成21年面積全国都道府県市区町村別面積調国土地理院 (in Japanese)
^ 平成21年面積全国都道府県市区町村別面積調国土地理院
^ 世帯および男女別人口（全人口）－全国，道府県，郡，市区町村昭和15年国勢調査政府統計の総合窓口

[1] 平成21年面積全国都道府県市区町村別面積調国土地理院 (in Japanese)

[2] 平成21年面積全国都道府県市区町村別面積調国土地理院

[3] 世帯および男女別人口（全人口）－全国，道府県，郡，市区町村昭和15年国勢調査政府統計の総合窓口

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