Between 1905 and 1945, the Japanese Empire administered the southern half of Sakhalin, using the name . The area was designated a , 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 , 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. , 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 parenthesis. The list shows the current Russian names in parenthesis. However, Russian divisions do not match with Japanese divisions. These names just roughly overlap with central towns. Toyohara Subprefecture () Subprefectural capital: Toyohara Ōtomari District, alternatively Ōdomari Chitose Village (, Tret'ya Pad) Fukami Village (, Prigorodnoye) Nagahama Village (, Ozyorskoye) Ōtomari Town, alternatively Ōdomari (Korsakov) Shiretoko Village (Novikovo) Tōbuchi Village (Murav'yovo) Tomuna Village (, Okhotskoye) Rūtaka District, alternatively Rutaka Notoro Village (Kirillovo) Rūtaka Town, alternatively Rutaka (Aniva) Sango Village (, Taranay) Toyohara City (, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) Toyosakae District (, Vysokoye) Kawakami Village (Sinegorsk) Ochiai Town (Dolinsk) Sakaehama Village (, Starodubskoye) Shiranui Village (Vzmorye) Toyokita Village (, Lugovoye) Maoka Subprefecture () Subprefectural capital: Maoka Honto District Honto Town (Nevelsk) Kaiba Village (Moneron Island) Kōni Village (Shebunino) Naihoro Town (, Gornozavodsk) Maoka District () Hirochi Village (, Pravda) Konotoro Village (Kostromskoye) Maoka Town (, Kholmsk) Noda Town (Chekhovo) Randomari Village (Yablochny) Shimizu Village (, Chaplakovo) Tomarioru District Kushunnai Village (, Ilyinskoye) Nayori Village (Penzenskoye) Tomarioru Town (Tomari) Esutoru Subprefecture () Subprefectural capital: Esutoru Esutoru District () Chinnai Town (, Krasnogorsk) Esutoru Town (, Uglegorsk) Tōro Town (Shakhtyorsk) Ushiro Village (Orlovo) Nayoshi District Nayoshi Town (Lesogorskoye) Nishisakutan Village (Boshnyakovo) Shikuka Subprefecture () Subprefectural capital: Shikuka Motodomari District, alternatively Mototomari Hoyori Village (Pugachevo) Motodomari Village, alternatively Mototomari () Shirutoru Town, alternatively Shiritori (Makarov) Shikuka District, alternatively Shisuka or Shikika Chirie Village (Kotikovo) Nairo Village (, Gastello) Shikuka Town, alternatively Shisuka or Shikika (Poronaysk) Tomarikishi Village (Vakhrushev) See also Administrative divisions of Sakhalin Oblast External links (Table of the transitions of municipalities of Karafuto) Karafuto ru:Карафуто#Административное деление