Nemuro Subprefecture 根室振興局 | |
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| Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku | |
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| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
| Capital | Nemuro |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,406.23 km2 (1,315.15 sq mi) |
| Population (March 2009) | |
• Total | 84,035 |
| • Density | 24.671/km2 (63.898/sq mi) |
| Website | nemuro.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp |
Nemuro (Japanese:根室振興局,Hepburn:Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is asubprefecture ofHokkaido Prefecture,Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of thedisputedKuril Islands (known as the Northern Territories in Japan) as part of this subprefecture.
As of March 2009, the subprefecture has an estimated population of 84,035, and an area of 3406.23 km².
Nakashibetsu Airport, the easternmost airport in Japan, is located in the town ofNakashibetsu,Shibetsu District.
| Name | Area (km2) | Population | District | Type | Map | |
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| Rōmaji | Kanji | |||||
 Betsukai | 別海町 | 1,320.15 | 15,179 | Notsuke District | Town |  |
 Nakashibetsu | 中標津町 | 684.98 | 24,014 | Shibetsu District | Town |  |
 Nemuro (capital) | 根室市 | 512.63 | 27,109 | no district | City |  |
 Rausu | 羅臼町 | 397.88 | 5,395 | Menashi District | Town |  |
 Shibetsu | 標津町 | 624.49 | 5,374 | Shibetsu District | Town |  |
| Name | Area (km2) | Population | District | Type | Map | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rōmaji | Kanji | |||||
| Rubetsu (Pioner) | 留別村 | 1,442.82 | 2,814 | Etorofu District (Iturup) | Village |  |
| Ruyobetsu (Yuzhno-Kurilsk) | 留夜別村 | 960.27 | 3,401 | Kunashiri District (Kunashir) | Village |  |
| Shana (Kurilsk) | 紗那村 | 973.3 | 1,426 | Shana District | Village |  |
| Shibetoro (Rudnaya) | 蘂取村 | 760.5 | 881 | Shibetoro District | Village |  |
| Shikotan | 色丹村 | 253.33 | 1,499 | Shikotan District | Village |  |
| Tomari (Golovnino) | 泊村 | 538.56 | 5,595 | Kunashiri District (Kunashir) | Village |  |
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