| En Name: | Yuzhno-Kurilsky District |
| Ru Name: | Южно-Курильский район |
| Image View: | На вершине вулкана Менделеева.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 44.0306°N 145.8556°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Yuzhnokurilsky rayon (Sakhalin oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Yuzhno-Kurilsk |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlement: | 1 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 9 |
| Mun Data As Of: | July 2012 |
| Mun Formation1: | Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug |
| Area Km2: | 1856.1 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 9501 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 61.4% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 38.6% |
| Website: | http://www.yuzhnokurilsk.ru/ |
| Date: | December 2012 |
Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (ru|Ю́жно-Кури́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug.[2] It is located on the southern Kuril Islands southeast of the Island of Sakhalin, comprising the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai. The area of the district is 1856.1km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, located on Kunashir Island. Population: The population of Yuzhno-Kurilsk accounts for 61.4% of the district's total population.
See main article: Kuril Islands dispute.
The district in its entirety, along with the nearby island of Iturup in the Kurilsky District, are claimed by Japan as part of the Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaidō.