Ruyabetsu留夜別村

Ruyabetsu-mura. The name ends in 村 (mura), the word for village.

Ruyabetsu (留夜別村, Ruyabetsu-mura) is a village in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Borders 1 place.

This village is listed in Japan's official municipal data but has had no working Japanese administration since 1945. Its island is one of the Northern Territories (北方領土 / hoppō ryōdo), administered by Russia and claimed by Japan. It is drawn here because the boundary file follows the official Japanese list.

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Facts

Japanese name

留夜別村

Reading

Ruyabetsu-mura

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Kunashiri District 国後郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Hokkaidō 北海道

Region

Hokkaidō 北海道

Population

Not counted. No Japanese administration has worked here since 1945.

Code

01697 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Wikipedia

日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Ruyabetsu. Borders across water are not counted.

• Tomari Village泊村

Questions about Ruyabetsu

Is Ruyabetsu a city, a town, or a village?

Ruyabetsu (留夜別村) is a village (村, mura) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. A village is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kunashiri District (国後郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Ruyabetsu?

Ruyabetsu is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Ruyabetsu?

The 2020 census did not count Ruyabetsu. No Japanese administration has worked there since 1945.

Which municipalities border Ruyabetsu?

One: Tomari Village (泊村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ruyabetsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Ruyabetsu written in Japanese?

留夜別村, read Ruyabetsu-mura. The last character, 村 (mura), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Ruyabetsu begin?

北海道国後郡留夜別村… (Hokkaidō, Kunashiri-gun, Ruyabetsu-mura, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.