Karafuto Prefecture

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Karafuto Prefecture was a former Japanese administrative division encompassing the southern part of Sakhalin Island, which Japan controlled from the early 20th century until the end of World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Karafuto 5
Karafuto Prefecture canonical 4
Karafuto and Chishima 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Japanese prefecture
former administrative division
administeredTerritory southern half of Sakhalin Island
administrativeCenter Toyohara
adminLevel prefecture-level territory of Japan
borderedBy La Pérouse Strait
Soviet-controlled northern Sakhalin
capital Toyohara
capitalPresentDayName Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
connectedTo Hokkaido by sea routes
continent Asia
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
demographicFeature settler colonization by Japanese
endCause Japan’s defeat in World War II
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin
surface form: Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
endTime 1945
ethnicGroupPresent Ainu
Japanese
Nivkh
Oroqen
surface form: Orok
followedBy Sakhalin Oblast
surface form: Sakhalin Oblast of the Russian SFSR
governingBody Government of Japan
governorAppointedBy Government of Japan
surface form: central government of Japan
historicalEvent Soviet occupation in 1945
historicalRegion Karafuto Prefecture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karafuto
isPartOfIsland Sakhalin Island
surface form: Sakhalin
languageUsed Japanese
legalBasis Treaty of Portsmouth
locatedIn Sakhalin Island
surface form: southern Sakhalin
locatedInPresentDay Russia
Sakhalin Oblast
locatedOn Sakhalin Island
militarySignificance strategic northern frontier of Japan
nameInJapanese 樺太庁
partOf Japanese colonial empire
precededBy southern Sakhalin under Russian Empire
primaryEconomicActivity coal mining
fishing
forestry
startTime 1905
after Treaty of Portsmouth
status defunct administrative division
subdivisionOf Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
timePeriod World War II era
early 20th century
transportInfrastructure railway network on southern Sakhalin
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
writingSystemUsed Japanese script

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South Sakhalin Offensive Operation location Karafuto Prefecture
Sakhalin Island southernPartNameUnderJapan Karafuto Prefecture
this entity surface form: Karafuto
Shumshu historicalRegion Karafuto Prefecture
this entity surface form: Karafuto and Chishima
Japanese Karafuto garrison location Karafuto Prefecture
this entity surface form: Karafuto
Japanese Karafuto garrison controlledTerritory Karafuto Prefecture
Japanese Karafuto garrison historicalRegion Karafuto Prefecture
this entity surface form: Karafuto
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin follows Karafuto Prefecture
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin historicalRegion Karafuto Prefecture
this entity surface form: Karafuto
Karafuto Prefecture historicalRegion Karafuto Prefecture self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karafuto