# Political divisions of Karafuto Prefecture

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

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)

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
** Notoro Village 能登呂村 (Kirillovo)
** Rūtaka Town, alternatively Rutaka 留多加町 (Aniva)
** Sango Village 三郷村 (三鄕村, Taranay)
* Toyohara City 豊原市 (豐原市, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
* Toyosakae District 豊栄郡 (豐榮郡, Vysokoye)
** Kawakami Village 川上村 (Sinegorsk)
** Ochiai Town 落合町 (Dolinsk)
** Sakaehama Village 栄浜村 (榮濱村, Starodubskoye)
** Shiranui Village 白縫村 (Vzmorye)
** Toyokita Village 豊北村 (豐北村, Lugovoye)

### Maoka Subprefecture 真岡支庁 (眞岡支廳)

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)
** Hirochi Village 広地村 (廣地村, Pravda)
** Konotoro Village 小能登呂村 (Kostromskoye)
** Maoka Town 真岡町 (眞岡町, Kholmsk)
** Noda Town 野田町 (Chekhovo)
** Randomari Village 蘭泊村 (Yablochny)
** Shimizu Village 清水村 (淸水村, Chaplakovo)
* 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)

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)

Subprefectural capital: Shikuka
* Motodomari District, alternatively Mototomari 元泊郡
** Hoyori Village 帆寄村 (Pugachevo)
** Motodomari Village, alternatively Mototomari 元泊村 (Vostochny [ru])
** Shirutoru Town, alternatively Shiritori 知取町 (Makarov)
* Shikuka District, alternatively Shisuka or Shikika 敷香郡
** Chirie Village 散江村 (Kotikovo)
** Nairo Village 内路村 (內路村, Gastello)
** Shikuka Town, alternatively Shisuka or Shikika 敷香町 (Poronaysk)
** Tomarikishi Village 泊岸村 (Vakhrushev)