Shana, Hokkaido

Shana 紗那村
Village
Shana Village in Etorofu, before 1945.
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 on Iturup, located in the disputed Northern Territories area of the Kuril Islands. It is currently administered by Russia as part of Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, although Japan continues to claim it as part of Hokkaido Prefecture. After the Soviet invasion and occupation of the Kuril Islands in 1945, Shana became part of 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. It had a population of 1,426 as of 1945. This was the last piece of data recorded by Japan in the area.

Adjacent municipalities

• Shibetoro, Shibetoro District
• Rubetsu, Etorofu District

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.