Okhinsky District
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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Okhinsky District (Russian: Охи́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Okhinsky Urban Okrug.[3] It is located in the north of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 14,815.87 square kilometers (5,720.44 sq mi).[5] Its administrative center is the town of Okha.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 22,847 (2010 census);[6] 25,526 (2002 census);[7] 18,612 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Okhinsky District
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Okha city hall, Okhinsky District | |
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 Location of Okhinsky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°35′N 142°56′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
| Established | May 12, 1925 |
| Administrative center | Okha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,816 km2 (5,720 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 22,913 | |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 10 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Okhinsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8  [4]) |
| OKTMO ID | 64736000 |
| Website | http://www.adm-okha.ru/ |