Rubetsu, Hokkaido

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Rubetsu 留別村
Village
The municipality is labeled here as number 9.
Country	Japan/Russia
Region/Federal District	Hokkaido/Far Eastern Federal District
Prefecture/Federal Subject	Hokkaido (Nemuro Subprefecture)/Sakhalin
District/District	Etorofu District/Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Area
• Total	1,442.82 km2 (557.08 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	2,814
• Density	2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8)

Rubetsu (Japanese: 留別村, Rubetsu-mura, Russian: Рубэцу) is a village in Etorofu 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.^[1]

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