落合町 (樺太)

Koreans Kuril Islands dispute Ainu in Russia Japanese: 樺太庁 (kyūjitai: 樺太廳), Karafuto-chō later 樺太県, Karafuto-ken; Russian: Префектура Карафуто, romanized: Prefektura

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