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Poronaysky District
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poronaysky District (Russian: Порона́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Poronaysky Urban Okrug.[7] It is located in the eastern central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 7,280.2 square kilometers (2,810.9 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Poronaysk.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 21,686 (2010 Russian census);[3] 10,857 (2002 Census);[9] 17,977 (1989 Soviet census).[10]
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Poronaysky District
Поронайский район | |
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![]() Poronaysky Nature Reserve, Poronaysky District | |
![]() Location of Poronaysky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
Coordinates: 49°13′N 143°07′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Poronaysk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,280.2 km2 (2,810.9 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,811 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 21,622 (+176.8%) |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi) |
• Urban | 28.7% |
• Rural | 71.3% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 11 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Poronaysky Urban Okrug[7] |
Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 64740000 |
Website | https://sakhalin.gov.ru/?id=226 |
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